Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae
Parent taxon: Coelacanthiformes according to J. Tong et al. 2006
See also Beltan 1972, Casier 1965, Cope 1887, Delsate et al. 2002, Gardiner 1960, Hay 1902, Heckert 2004, Irmis 2005, Jordan 1963, Maisey 1986, Nelson et al. 2016, Schultze 2004, Schwimmer et al. 1994, Woodward 1891 and Woodward 1916
Sister taxa: Canningius, Coelacanthiidae, Coelacanthoidei, Coelacanthopsis, Cualabaea, Diplocercidae, Dobrogeria, Hadronectoridae, Holoptychus, Latimeriidae, Latimeroidei, Lochmocercus, Luopingcoelacanthus, Miguashaiidae, Rhabdodermatidae, Sinocoelacanthus, Whiteiidae, Yunnancoelacanthus
Subtaxa: Alcoveria Chaohuichthys Coelacanthus Graphiurichthys Moenkopia Mylacanthus Peplorhina Quayia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Jurassic of Australia (1), United States (1: Arizona)
• Triassic of Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), France (2), Germany (1), India (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (4), Morocco (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Thailand (1), United States (17: Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
• Permian of Germany (9), the United Kingdom (4)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: Illinois, New Mexico, Pennsylvania)
Total: 65 collections including 69 occurrences