Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Parent taxon: Palaeoniscidae according to A. S. Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Alvinichthys, Ambodipia, Apateolepis, Canobius, Carboveles, Cycloptychius, Dicellopyge, Ferganiscus, Ganolepis, Gonatodus, Grygorichthys, Guizhouniscus, Gyrolepis, Holurus, Isodus, Isodus leptognathus, Koinichthys, Myriolepis, Nematoptychius, Oxygnathus, Palaeoniscum, Palaeoniscus, Paraeurynotus, Rhadinoniscus, Semionotus brodei, Sixtelia, Strepheoschema, Suchonichthys, Tegeolepis, Trachelacanthus, Turfania, Turseodus, Wayaobulepis
Subtaxa: Cryphiolepis striatus
Type: Coelacanthus striatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Burghlee Ironstone, Loanhead, Midlothian (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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