Alternative spelling: Osteolepidi
Parent taxon: Sarcopterygii according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jaekel 1911, Moloshnikov 2007 and Young and Schultze 2005
Sister taxa: Achoania, Actinistia, Akinetia, Coelacanthimorpha, Dipnoi, Dipnomorpha, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Guiyu, Lepidosireniformes, Ligulalepis, Onychodontia, Onychodontida, Onychodontiformes, Osteolepiformes, Psarolepis, Ptyctolepis, Rhipidistia, Rhizodontida, Rhizodontiformes, Tetrapoda, Youngolepis, Coelacanthini, Platysomi, Belonostomi, Heterocerci, Saurodipterini, Haplistia, Polypterini, Eugnathi, Belonorhynchi, Taxistia, Cyclolepidi, Lepidostei, Amii, Osteolepidae
Subtaxa: Osteolepididae Osteolepidiformes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Givetian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Australia (2), Belarus (4), Estonia (4), Germany (3), Iran (1), Latvia (3), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (6: Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence