†family Apalolepidae Karatajute-Talimaa 1978 (vertebrate)
Thelodonti - Furcacaudiformes - Apalolepidae
Alternative spelling: Apalolepididae
Full reference: V. V. Karatajute-Talimaa. 1978. Silurian and Devonian thelodonts of the USSR and Spitsbergen. 334p
Parent taxon: Furcacaudiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Karatajute-Talimaa 1978
Sister taxa: Barlowodidae, Drepanolepididae, Furcacaudidae, Lanarkiidae, Nikoliviidae, Pezopallichthyidae
Subtaxa: Apalolepis Gampsolepis
Type: Apalolepis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Norway (1 collection), Ukraine (7), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 10 collections including 16 occurrences