†order Peltopleuriformes (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Peltopleuriformes
Parent taxon: Neopterygii according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Cartanyà 1999, Lombardo 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ducanichthys, Frodoichthys, Gebrayelichthyidae, Gimlichthys, Ginglymodi, Guildayichthyidae, Halecomorphi, Holostei, Lombardinidae, Louwoichthyiformes, Luganoiiformes, Perleidiformes, Pholidopleuriformes, Placopleurus, Plesiofuro, Pycnodontiformes, Signeuxellidae, Sphaerodontidae, Venusichthyidae
Subtaxa: Peltopleuridae Thoracopteroidea
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (3), China (11), Italy (11), Spain (9), Switzerland (14)
Total: 52 collections including 90 occurrences