†order Thelodontiformes Kiaer 1932 (vertebrate)
Synonym: Coelolepidiformes Berg 1937
Parent taxon: Thelodonti according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Long 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Soehn et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Archipelepidiformes, Furcacaudiformes
Subtaxa: Apalolepidae Archipelepididae Australolepis Boothialepis Eestilepididae Kawalepsis Lanarkiidae Nikoliviidae Talivaliidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (4 collections), Canada (1: Nunavut), Iran (1), Latvia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (2)
• Silurian of Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Estonia (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 19 collections including 24 occurrences