†family Parabuchanosteidae Long et al. 2014 (armour-plated fish)
Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Parabuchanosteidae
Parent taxon: Brachythoraci according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Aspinothoracidi, Brachydeiroidea, Buchanosteidae, Buchanosteoidea, Coccosteoidea, Coccosteomorphi, Dinichthyoidea, Doseyosteus, Gemuendenaspidae, Heterosteoidea, Homosteoidea, Homostiidae, Maideria, Pachyosteomorphi
Subtaxa: Parabuchanosteus
Type: Parabuchanosteus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at White and Toombs localities along Murrumbidgee River (Devonian of Australia)