Osteichthyes - Pholidopleuriformes
Parent taxon: Neopterygii according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ducanichthys, Frodoichthys, Gebrayelichthyidae, Gimlichthys, Ginglymodi, Guildayichthyidae, Halecomorphi, Holostei, Lombardinidae, Louwoichthyiformes, Luganoiiformes, Peltopleuriformes, Perleidiformes, Placopleurus, Plesiofuro, Pycnodontiformes, Signeuxellidae, Sphaerodontidae, Venusichthyidae
Subtaxa: Gracilignathichthys Pholidopleuridae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Greenland (7), Italy (8), Madagascar (6), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (5), United States (3: Arizona)
• Permian of Greenland (1)
Total: 32 collections including 44 occurrences