†class Osteostraci Lankaster 1868 (vertebrate)
Parent taxon: Osteostracomorphi according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Dineley and Metcalf 1999, Gadow 1898, Hay 1902, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Obruchev 1964
Sister taxa: Cephalaspidomorphi, Galeaspidomorphi, Halecopsidae
Subtaxa: Ateleaspidiformes Benneviaspidida Benneviaspidiformes Camptaspis Cephalaspidiformes Cornuata Thyestiformes Thyestiida Tremataspidida Tremataspidiformes Waengsjoeaspis Yvonaspis Zenaspidida
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