†family Rhynchodipteridae Berg 1940 (lungfish)

Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Rhynchodipteridae

Parent taxon: Dipteriformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Campbell and Barwick 1990, Miles 1977, Schultze 1993 and Schultze 2004

Sister taxa: Chirodipteridae, Dipteridae, Fleurantiidae, Holodipteridae, Iranorhynchus, Phaneropleuridae, Sponysedrion, Stomiahykidae

Subtaxa: Fleurantia Jarvikia Rhynchodipterus Soederberghia

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: Quebec), Greenland (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Nevada, Pennsylvania)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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