<==o †Climatiiformes Berg, 1940 |-- †Euthacanthus macnicolli Powrie, 1864 [E. macnicoli] L. Dev. Eu. [Euthacanthidae, Ethacanthidae (lapsus calami?)] |?-o Vesperaliidae Valiukevičius & Burrow, 2005 | |-- †Acanthacanthus ornatus Valiukevičius, 2003 | `-- †Vesperalia perplexa Valiukevičius, 2004 L.Sil. EEu. `--+--o Climatiida Berg, 1940 | |-- †Gyracanthidae Woodward, 1906 | `--o †Climatiidae Berg, 1940 | |--o †Brachyacanthus Egerton, 1860, L. Dev. Eu. | | `-- †B. scutiger | |--o †Cheiracanthoides Wells, 1944 [Helolepis] M. Dev. NA. | | |-- †C. comptus Wells, 1944 | | |-- †C. proprius Valiukevicius, 1985 | | |-- †C. rarus Valiukevicius, 1994 | | |-- †C. borealis Valiukevicius, 1994 | | |-- †C. estonicus Valiukevicius, 1998 | | |-- †C. nativus Valiukevicius, 1998 | | |-- †C. planus Valiukevicius, 1998 | | |-- †C. wangi Burrow et al., 2000 | | |-- †C. dolosus Burrow et al., 2000 | | `-- †C. mosolovicus Valiukevicius, 2003 | |--o †Climatius Agassiz, 1845, U. Sil. L. Dev. Eu. NA. EEu. | | `-- †C. reticulatus Agassiz, 1845 | |-- †Eiffellepis werneri Vieth-Schreiner, 1983; M.Dev. Eu. | |-- †Erriwacanthus Ørvik, 1967, U. Sil. Eu. L. Dev. EEu. | |--o †Latviacanthus L. Dev. EEu. | | `-- †L. ventspilsensis | |?-o †Nodacosta Gross, 1940; L.Dev. WNAm., L.-M.Dev. EEu. | | |-- †N. pauli Gross, 1940 | | |?- ?†N. gemuendensis (Gross, 1933) | | `-- †N. denisoni Burrow, 2007 | |--o †Nostolepis Pander, 1856 sensu Valiukevičius & Burrow, 2005 [Dendracanthus; Diplacanthoides; Dontacanthus; Rhabdiodus] U. Sil. L. Dev. Eu. EEu. Gr. Spits. | | |-- †N. alta Märss, 1986 | | |-- †N. amplifica Valiukevičius, 2003 | | |-- †N. consueta Valiukevičius, 2003 | | |-- †N. costata Goujet, 1976 | | |-- †N. decora Valiukevičius, 2003 | | |-- †N. gracilis Gross, 1971 | | |-- †N. kernavensis Valiukevičius, 1985 | | |-- †N. kozhymica Valiukevičius, 2003 | | |-- †N. linleyensis C. G. Miller & Märss, 1999 | | |-- †N. magnicostata Valiukevičius, 2003 | | |-- †N. minima Valiukevičius, 1994 | | |-- †N. musca Valiukevičius, 2003 | | |-- †N. parathleta Valiukevičius, 2003 | | |-- †N. striata Pander, 1856 [type] | | |-- †N. taimyrica Valiukevičius, 1994 | | `-- †N. terraborea Valiukevičius, 2003 | |?-o †“Nostolepis” Pander, 1856 | | |-- †“N.” alifera | | |-- †“N.” elegans | | |-- †“N.” robusta | | `--+-- †“N.” arctica Vieth, 1980 | | `-- †“N.” fragilis Valiukevičius, 2003 | |?-o †Nostolepoides Burrow, 1997 | | |-- †N. platymarginata Burrow, 1997 | | `?- ?†N. mingyinensis Wang, 2003 | |--o †Parexus Agassiz, 1845, L. Dev. Eu. | | |-- †P. recurvus | | `-- †P. falcatus | |--o †Pruemolepis M. Dev. Eu. | | `-- †P. wellsi | |--o †Ptomacanthus Miles, 1973, L. Dev. Eu. EEu. | | `-- †P. angelicus | |-- †Sabrinacanthus L. Dev. Eu. | |-- †Sevyacanthus elliotti Burrow, 2007; L.Dev. WNAm. | |?-o †Tareyacanthus Valiukevičius, 1994 | | |-- †T. magnificus Valiukevičius, 1994 | | `-- †T. dissectus Valiukevičius, 1998 | |--o †Vernicomacanthus Miles, 1973, L. Dev. Eu. | | |-- †V. uncinatus | | `-- †V. waynensis | |?- †Watsonacanthus Valiukevičius, 1979 | `-- †Wetteldorfia triangula Vieth-Schreiner, 1983; M.Dev. Eu. `--o Diplacanthida Berg, 1940 [Diplacanthiformes Berg, 1940] |?- †Uraniacanthus spinosus |--o †Culmacanthidae | `--o †Culmacanthus Long, 1983 | |-- †C. pambulensis Young, 1989b | `-- †C. stewarti |--o †Tetanopsyridae | `--o †Tetanopsyrus Gagnier et al., 1999; L. Dev. NNA. | |-- †T. lindoei Gagnier et al., 1999 | `-- †T. breviacanthis Hanke, Davis & Wilson, 2001 `--o †Diplacanthidae Woodward, 1891 |--o †Diplacanthus Agassiz, 1844 [Rhadinacanthus] M. Dev. Eu. EEu. U. Dev. NA. | |-- †D. longispinus Agassiz, 1844 | |-- †D. crassissimus Duff, 1842 | |-- †D. tenuistriatus | |-- †D. ellsi | |-- †D. horridus Woodward, 1892 | |-- †D. striatus | |-- †D. carinatus Gross, 1973 | |-- †D. kleesmentae Valiukevičius, 1986 | |-- †D. gravis Valiukevičius, 1988 | |-- †D. poltnigi Valiukevičius, 2003 | `-- †D. solidus Valiukevičius, 2003 |--o †Gladiobranchus Bernacsek & Dineley, 1977; L. Dev. NNA. | `-- †G. probaton |--o †Ptychodictyon Gross, 1973; L.Dev. WNAm., M.Dev. EEu. | |-- †P. rimosum Gross, 1973 | |-- †P. sulcatum Gross, 1973 | |-- †P. distinctum Valiukevičius, 1979 | |-- †P. ancestralis Valiukevičius, in Valiukevičius & Karatajute-Talimaa, 1986 | `-- †P. americanum Burrow, 2007 `--o †Rhadinacanthus Traquair, 1888 `-- †R. longispinatus
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