Osteichthyes - Dipteriformes - Dipteridae
Synonyms: Ctenododipteridae Guenther 1880, Rhinodipteridae Campbell and Barwick 1990
Parent taxon: Dipteriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bryant 1932, Campbell and Barwick 1990, Clement 2012, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Long 1992, Miles 1977, Nelson et al. 2016, Owen 1859, Schultze 1982, Schultze 1993, Schultze 2004 and Vorobyeva and Obruchev 1964
Sister taxa: Chirodipteridae, Fleurantiidae, Holodipteridae, Iranorhynchus, Phaneropleuridae, Rhynchodipteridae, Sponysedrion, Stomiahykidae
Subtaxa: Andreyevichthys Dipterus Grossipterus Howidipterus Orlovichthyinae Orlovichthys Rhinodipterus
Type: Orlovichthys
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of Australia (3), Belarus (2), Belgium (1), Estonia (3), Germany (3), Iran (1), Latvia (4), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (9), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (3: Colorado, New York)
Total: 46 collections including 55 occurrences