Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Parent taxon: Palaeoniscoidei according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Beltan 1980, Bürgin and Furrer 1992, Chrzastek 2008 and Savage and Large 1966
Sister taxa: Amblypteridae, Dicellopygidae, Lawrenciella, Muensterichthys, Palaeoniscidae, Pygopteridae, Rhabdolepidae, Rhadinichthyidae, Zhejiangichthys
Subtaxa: Birgeria
Type: Birgeria
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Belgium (5), Bolivia (1), Canada (39: British Columbia), China (2), France (13), Germany (8), Greenland (5), India (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (3), the Netherlands (2), Norway (1), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (10), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (17), United States (4: California, Nevada)
Total: 122 collections including 130 occurrences