Osteichthyes

Alternative spelling: Protoaulopsis

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinopteri, Aeduelliformes, Aesopichthyidae, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Aneurolepis, Asarotiformes, Atkinsonella, Australichthys, Avonichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Bobastraniiformes, Cenechoia paramillensis, Cenechoia sulcata, Chirothrix, Cladistia, Cuneognathus, Diplospondichthys, Echidnocephalus, Engraulis, Eurynotiformes, Eurynotus uspallatensis, Eurypoma, Exocoetoides, Guaymayenia, Guildayichthyiformes, Gunterichthys, Gyrolepidoides cuyanus, Histiothrissa, Isospondyli, Kalops, Lepidotus pectoralis, Lepidotus trotti, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Meemannia, Neochallaia leonensis, Ophiopsis lariensis, Opistopteryx, Pachylebias, Palaeonisci, Palaeoniscimorpha, Palaeoniscoidae, Palaeoniscoidea, Paramblypteriformes, Pholidophorus dentatus, Pholidophorus lepturus, Pholidophorus rueppelli, Pholidophorus vallejensis, Polypteri, Protospondyli, Pseudoberyx, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Salmo, Schizospondylus, Semionotus brevis, Semionotus dubius, Semionotus inornatus, Semionotus mendozaensis, Semionotus unicristatus, Semionotus vallejensis, Spinofacia, Stegotrachelus, Tarrasiiformes, Terenolepis, Tetragonopterus, Thryptodus, Trachichthyiformes

Subtaxa: Protaulopsis bolcensis

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection) (Eocene of Italy)

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