Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes
Parent taxon: Antiarchi according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Asterolepidiformes, Liujiangolepidae, Macrodontophion, Macropetalichthyiformes, Minicranidae, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Ptyctodontiformes, Silurolepidae, Sinolepiformes, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepidiformes, Zhanjilepis, Jiangxilepididae, Hyrcanaspis, Walterilepis, Yunnanolepidoidei, Bothriolepoidei
Subtaxa: Bothriolepididae Dianolepididae Microbrachiidae Tubalepididae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Belarus (1 collection), Ireland (1)
• Devonian of Antarctica (9), Australia (11), Belarus (1), Belgium (2), Canada (2: Nunavut, Quebec), China (16), Colombia (1), Estonia (1), Greenland (3), Hong Kong (1), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Latvia (18), Lithuania (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (21), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (18), United States (13: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Venezuela (1), Vietnam (1)
Total: 130 collections including 169 occurrences