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, Megamastax, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Malacostomata, Rhytiodus, Dipneusta, Chrondroterygia, Azygostei, Ptilichnus, Percidarum, Hypostomata, Charitosaurus, Otolithopsis, Argentinoideorum, Aspidoganoidei, Teleostomata, Lepidoleprus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder