Osteichthyes - Dipnoi - Gnathorhizidae
Full reference: R. S. Miles. 1977. Dipnoan (lungfish) skulls and the relationships of the group: a study based on new species from the Devonian of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61:1-328
Parent taxon: Dipnoi according to A. Kemp 1993
See also Miles 1977, Schultze 1993 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Adelargo, Amadeodipterus, Apatorhynchus, Ballagadus, Cathlorhynchus, Celsiodon, Ceratodonti, Ceratodontidae, Ceratodontoidei, Chirodipteroidea, Coccovedus, Ctenodontiformes, Ctenodontoidei, Ctenodus, Devonesteus, Devonosteus, Diabolepidiformes, Dianodipterus, Dipnoiformes, Dipnorhynchiformes, Dipnorhynchina, Dipnorhynchoidei, Dipteri, Dipterida, Dipteriformes, Dipteroidei, Dongshanodus, Ferganoceratodus, Gosfordia, Harajicadipterus, Holodipterida, Jessenia, Limanichthys, Megapleuron, Melanognathus, Neoceratodontidae, Nielsenia, Occludus, Oervigia, Persephonichthys, Pinnalongus, Proceratodus, Protoceratodontidae, Protopteri, Ptychoceratodontidae, Rhinodipteridae, Sagenodontidae, Sinodipterus, Sirenoidei, Speonesydrionidae, Speonesydrionina, Speonysedrion, Synthetodus, Tarachomylax, Uranolophina, Uronemoidei, Westollrhynchus, Xylognathus
Subtaxa: Beltanodus Gnathorhiza Namatozodia Palaeophichthys
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Madagascar (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Tatarian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Permian of Brazil (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (21: Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico)
Total: 35 collections including 40 occurrences