See text Coccolepidae Berg, 1940 Coccolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish, known from the Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, most of which were originally referred to the type genus Coccolepis.

They had a widespread distribution, being found in North and South America, Australia, Asia and Europe.

[1] They are generally small fish, with the largest known specimens reaching a length of 210 mm.

[2] Historically, they have been classified as members of “Palaeonisciformes”, a paraphyletic grouping of non-neopterygian fish, due to their plesiomorphic conservative morphology closely resembling those of many other groups of primitive fish.

[3] Some recent authors have suggested that they may belong to the order Chondrostei as relatives of the Acipenseriformes (which contains sturgeons and paddlefish).