After Carroll, 1988, Frickhinger, 1995, and Poplin, 1999
<==o †Elonichthyidae Aldinger 1937 |-- †Mansfieldiscus sweeti Woodward, 1906 |--o †Drydenius Miss. Perm. Eu. | `-- †D. insignis |--o †Gonatodus Miss. NA. Miss. Penn. Eu. | `-- †G. punctatus [=? Elonichthys punctatus] `--o †Elonichthys Giebel, 1848 [Ganacrodus, ?Pariostegus, ?Propalaeoniscus] Miss. U. Perm. Eu. Miss. Penn. ?U. Trias. NA. Miss. U. Perm. ? U. Trias. Aus. L. Perm. SAf. M. Perm. Gr. U. Perm. SA. ?Trias. WAf. |-- †E. aitkeni Traquair, 1886 |-- †E. bucklandi (Agassiz, 1835) [Pygopterus bucklandi] |-- †E. disjunctus Eastman, 1903 |-- †E. egertoni Egerton, 1850 [Palaeoniscus egertoni] |-- †E. germari Giebel, 1848 |-- †E. gigas Fritsch, 1877 |-- †E. macropterus (Bronn, 1829) [Palaeoniscum macropterum] |-- †E. peltigerus Newberry, 1856 |-- †E. perpennatus Eastman, 1902 |-- †E. portlocki (Egerton, 1850) [Amblypterus portlocki] |-- †E. pulcherrimus Traquair, 1881 |-- †E. punctatus Aldinger, 1937 |-- †E. robisoni (Hibbert, 1835) [Palaeoniscus robisoni] |-- †E. semistriatus Traquair, 1877 |-- †E. serratus Traquair, 1881 |-- †E. striatus (Agassiz, 1835) [Amblypterus striatus] `-- †E. whaitsi Broom, 1913
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 - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A.Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1995, pp. 1-1088 - Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Poplin, C., 1999: Un paléoniscoïde (Pisces: Actinopterygii) de Buxière-les-Mines, témoin des affinités fauniques entre Massif central det Bohême au passage Carbonifère-Permien.
[A paleoniscoid (Pisces: Actinopterygii) from Buxière-les-Mines, evidence of faunal relationships between Massif central and Bohemia at the turn over between Carboniferous and Permian.]
–Geodiversitas: Vol. 21, #2, pp. 147-155 [from abstract]