†family Ophiopsiidae Bartram 1975 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Halecomorphi - Ophiopsiidae

Parent taxon: Halecomorphi according to J. Cartanyà 1999

See also Bürgin 1995

Sister taxa: Allolepidotus, Cipactlichthys, Ionoscopidae, Ionoscopiformes, Isopholidae, Ophiopsiformes, Panxianichthyiformes, Parasemionotiformes, Pholidophorus curionii, Pholidophorus oblongus, Prosantichthys, Sinamiidae

Subtaxa: Ophiopsis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Texas)

• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Wyoming)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences

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