Subclass Actinopterygii 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: Osteichthyes according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Andreolepididae, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Ganoidei, Histiothrissinae, Iniomi, Lophosteidae, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Charitosaurus, Aspidoganoidei, Azygostei, Otolithopsis, Argentinoideorum, Malacostomata, Teleostomata, Percidarum, Lepidoleprus, Dipneusta, Hypostomata, Rhytiodus, Ptilichnus, Chrondroterygia
Subtaxa: none