Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes
Synonyms: Bobasatraniiformes, Palaeoniscida
Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to H-P. Schultze et al. 2021
See also Arratia 2015, Bürgin and Furrer 1992, Daly 1973, Heckert 2004, Lombardo 2002, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Patterson 1982, Schaeffer 1967, Schaeffer and Dalquest 1978, Sepkoski 2002, Uyeno 1978 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Aesopichthyidae, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Aneurolepis, Apholiformes, Asarotiformes, Atkinsonella, Australichthys, Avamia, Avonichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Bishofia, Bluefieldius, Bobastraniiformes, Burguklia, Cenechoia paramillensis, Cenechoia sulcata, Charleuxiidae, Chirothrix, Cuneognathus, Daemodontiscus, Diplospondichthys, Discordichthyidae, Echidnocephalus, Engraulis, Eurekichthyoidei, Eurynotiformes, Eurynotus uspallatensis, Eurypoma, Exocoetoides, Fubarichthyiformes, Guaymayenia, Guntherichthys, Gyrolepidoides cuyanus, Gyrolepidotidae, Holuropsis, Isospondyli, Kalops, Kansasiella, Kutaichthys, Lepidotus pectoralis, Lepidotus trotti, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Meemannia, Meisenheimichthys, Ministrella, Moythomasiidae, Neochallaia leonensis, Neuburgichthys, Nozamichthys, Ophiopsis lariensis, Opistopteryx, Oxypteriscus, Pachylebias, Palaeoneiros, Palaeonisci, Palaeoniscimorpha, Palaeoniscoidae, Palaeoniscoidea, Paleonisciformes, Paramblypteriformes, Phanerosteonoidei, Phoebeannaia, Pholidophorus dentatus, Pholidophorus lepturus, Pholidophorus vallejensis, Piratata, Polypteri, Protaulopsis, Protospondyli, Raynerius, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Schizospondylus, Semionotus brevis, Semionotus dubius, Semionotus inornatus, Semionotus mendozaensis, Semionotus unicristatus, Semionotus vallejensis, Sphyragnathus, Spinofacia, Stambergichthys, Stegotrachelus, Tanyrhinichthys, Terenolepis, Tetragonopterus, Trawdenia, Uranichthys, Yaomoshania
Subtaxa: Agecephalichthys Amblypterina Arratiaichthys Atherstoniidae Blanzychthys Boreolepidae Borichthys Brachypareion Brazilichthyidae Browneichthys Burbonella Caelatichthys Canobiidae Cornuboniscus Cosmolepis Cosmoptychiidae Daedalichthys Daqingshaniscus Decazella Dorsolepis Dorypteroidei Drydenius Fukangichthys Gardinerichthys Gyrolepidoides Holuridae Huanghelepis Igornella Igornichthyidae Illiniichthys Kentuckia Korutichthys Letovichthys Luederia Mansfieldiscus Neuburgella Orvikuina Osorioichthys Palaeoniscoidei Palaeothrissum Paradrydenius Paragonatodus Phanerorhynchidae Plesiococcolepis Protamblyptera Psilichthys Redfieldioidei Rhabdolepis Sakamenichthys Scanilepididae Sceletophoridae Songanella Tanaocrossus Trissolepididae Urosthenes Westollia Zaxilepis Zhongweilepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore