PaleoDB taxon number: 389321
Parent taxon: Pisces according to H. Gadow 1898
Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii, Andreolepis, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dipteriformes, Ganoidei, Iniomi, Lophosteus, Nothosoma, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Tythonichthys, Charitosaurus, Rhytiodus, Merlangius, Azygostei, Argentinoideorum, Aspidoganoidei, Ptilichnus, Otolithopsis, Dipneusta, Percidarum, Teleostomi, Lepidoleprus, Placodermi
Subtaxa: Acanthodida, Acanthodiformes, Brochoadmones, Climatiiformes, Diplacanthiformes, Euthacanthidae, Gemuendolepis, Gladiobranchus, Ischnacanthida, Ischnacanthiformes, Nodocosta, Nodonchus, Parexus, Paucicanthus, Promesacanthus, Seretolepis, Tetanopsyrus, Triazeugacanthus, Yealepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore