After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994

<==o Chondrostei [Paleopterygii] (rustokiillesuomuiset)
   |--o †Paleonisciformes [paraphyletic]
   |  |?- †Tegeolepidae
   |  |?- †Carbovelidae
   |  |?- †Cornuboniscidae
   |  |?- †Styracopteridae
   |  |?- †Cryphiolepidae
   |  |?- †Holuriidae
   |  |?- †Cosmoptychiidae
   |  |?- †Coccocephalichthyidae
   |  |?- †Dicellopygidae
   |  |?- †Scanilepidae
   |  |?- †Centrolepidae
   |  |?- †Coccolepidae
   |  |--o †Paleoniscoidei
   |  |  |-- †Aeduellidae
   |  |  |-- †Acrolepidae [incl. Boreolepidae??]
   |  |  |-- †Amblypteridae
   |  |  |-- †Birgeriidae
   |  |  |-- †Commentryidae
   |  |  |-- †Canobiidae
   |  |  |-- †Elonichthyidae
   |  |  |-- †Palaeoniscidae
   |  |  |-- †Pygopteridae
   |  |  |-- †Rhabdolepidae
   |  |  `-- †Rhadinichthyidae
   |  |--o †Redfieldoidei
   |  |  `-- †Redfieldiidae
   |  `?-o †Dorypteroidei
   |     `-- †Dorypteridae
   |--o †Phanerorhynchiformes
   |  `-- †Phanerorhynchidae
   |--o †Saurichthyiformes
   |  `-- †Saurichthyidae
   |--o †Ptycholepiformes
   |  `-- †Ptycholepidae
   |--o †Pholidopleuriformes
   |  `-- †Pholidopleuridae
   |--o †Perleidiformes [Polyphyletic!!]
   |  |-- †Cephaloxenidae
   |  |-- †Platysiagidae
   |  |-- †Peltopleuridae
   |  |-- †?Polzbergiidae
   |  |-- †Cleithrolepidae
   |  |-- †Perleididae [Colobodontidae]
   |  `-- †?Aethodontidae
   |--o †Luganoiiformes
   |  |-- †Luganoiidae
   |  |-- †Hadroichtyidae
   |  `-- †Thoracopteridae
   `?-o †Haplolepiformes
      `-- †Haplolepidae

Reference(s):

  • Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
    –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
  • Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
    in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
    –W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
  • Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
    –John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600

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