†order Merospondyli Cope 1887 (ray-finned fish)
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1887. Zittel's Manual of Palaeontology. The American Naturalist 21(11):1014-1019
Parent taxon: Actinopterygia according to E. D. Cope 1887
Sister taxa: Anaglyphus, Angatubichthys, Bethesdaichthys, Blourugia, Docopteri, Frederichthys, Kompasia, Lanarkichthys, Limnomis, Lysopteri, Melanecta, Mesichthyes, Moythomasia, Neopterygii, Phthinobranchii, Plectospondyli, Pseudohaplolepis, Tarrasiidae, Westlepis, Woodichthys
Subtaxa: Sphaerodontidae
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merospondyli in the database