Chondrichthyes - Diplacanthiformes
Parent taxon: Acanthodii according to C. J. Burrow and D. K. Elliott 2023
See also Moloshnikov 2007 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthodi, Acanthodida, Acanthodiformes, Antarctonchus, Archaeacanthus, Byssacanthoides, Campylodus, Climatiida, Climatiiformes, Diplacanthi, Eupleurogmus, Euthacanthidae, Gemuendolepis, Haplacanthus, Homacanthus, Ischnacanthida, Ischnacanthiformes, Lupopsyroides, Lupopsyrus, Machaeracanthidae, Monopleurodus, Nodacosta, Nodonchus, Onchus, Parexus, Paucicanthus, Pinnacanthus, Promesacanthus, Ptychodictyon, Seretolepis, Sinacanthus, Striacanthus, Tetanopsyrus, Yealepis
Subtaxa: Bryantonchus Devononchus Diplacanthidae Gladiobranchidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Belarus (1 collection)
• Devonian of Belarus (5), Canada (1: Quebec), Colombia (1), Estonia (3), Latvia (2), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (1), United States (2: California, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections including 26 occurrences