†family Lophosteidae Gross 1969 (bony fish)

Osteichthyes - Lophosteidae

Parent taxon: Osteichthyes according to R. van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii, Andreolepididae, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Ganoidei, Histiothrissinae, Iniomi, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Lepidoleprus, Aspidoganoidei, Ptilichnus, Teleostomata, Azygostei, Dipneusta, Argentinoideorum, Charitosaurus, Malacostomata, Rhytiodus, Chrondroterygia, Hypostomata, Otolithopsis, Percidarum

Subtaxa: Lophosteus

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Type: Lophosteus

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Estonia (1), Lithuania (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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