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, Otolithopsis, Teleostomata, Charitosaurus, Azygostei, Percidarum, Chrondroterygia, Ptilichnus, Argentinoideorum, Lepidoleprus, Malacostomata, Rhytiodus, Dipneusta, Aspidoganoidei, Hypostomata
Subtaxa: none