Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae
Full reference: H. Aldinger. 1937. Permische ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland. Meddelelser om Grønland 102(3):1-392
Parent taxon: Elonichthyiformes according to A. S. Bakaev et al. 2020
See also Chrzastek 2008, Delsate et al. 2002, López-Arbarello et al. 2010 and Nelson 2006
Sister taxa: Acrolepididae, Eigiliidae, Elonichthyidae, Gonatodidae, Samarichthys, Varialepididae
Subtaxa: Acropholis Challaia Challaia cacheutensis Challaia multidentata Challaia striata Gondwanichthys Kasanilepis Mesonichthys Namaichthys Palaeostrugia Plegmolepis Progyrolepis Reticulolepis Tholonotus Watsonichthys
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (3 collections)
• Permian of Brazil (1), France (1), Germany (4), Greenland (4), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (16), South Africa (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: New Mexico, Texas), Uruguay (1), Zimbabwe (1)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (43), Namibia (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (30), United States (1: Scotland)
Total: 123 collections including 152 occurrences