†family Phlyctaeniidae Fowler 1947 (armour-plated fish)
Placodermi - Arthrodira - Phlyctaeniidae
Parent taxon: Phlyctaenina according to R. H. Denison 1984
See also Denison 1975, Denison 1978 and Young and Long 2014
Sister taxon: Holonematidae
Subtaxa: Aggeraspis Arctaspis Arctolepis Barwickosteus Cartieraspis Diadsomaspis Dicksonosteus Gaspeaspis Grifftaylor Heterogaspis Huginaspis Kolpaspis Neophlyctaenius Pageauaspis Phlyctaenius Prosphymaspis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Antarctica (2 collections), Norway (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences