Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes
Alternative spellings: Porolepiformes, Porolepiformes
Synonym: Holoptychiiformes
Parent taxon: Porolepidimorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Dineley and Metcalf 1999, Long 2011, Moloshnikov 2007, Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. 2020, Nelson et al. 2016, Schultze 2000 and Young et al. 1992
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Durialepis Hamodus Heimenia Holoptychiidae Paraglyptolepis Porolepididae Pseudosauripterus Ventalepididae
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Givetian of Belarus (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Antarctica (1), Australia (6), Belarus (9), Belgium (3), Canada (4: Northern Territories, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), Colombia (1), Estonia (8), Germany (2), Greenland (1), Iran (2), Ireland (1), Latvia (10), Norway (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (16), United States (12: Arizona, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 88 collections including 124 occurrences