†order Peltopleuriformes (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes
Parent taxon: Neopterygii according to J. Cartanyà 1999
See also Lombardo 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ducanichthys, Frodoichthys, Gebrayelichthyidae, Gimlichthys, Guildayichthyidae, Holostei, Louwoichthyiformes, Perleidiformes, Placopleurus, Plesiofuro, Pycnodontiformes, Scanilepiformes, Teleosteomorpha, 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