Osteichthyes - Paphosisciformes
Full reference: E. D. Grogan and R. Lund. 2015. Two new Actinopterygii (Vertebrata, Osteichthyes) with cosmine from the Bear Gulch Limestone (Heath Fm., Serpukhovian, Mississippian) of Montana USA. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 164:111-132
Parent taxon: Actinopteri according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Grogan and Lund 2015
Sister taxa: Aeduelliformes, Amphicentriformes, Anaglyphus, Angatubichthys, Bethesdaichthys, Blourugia, Discordichthyiformes, Docopteri, Dwykiidae, Frederichthys, Inichthyidae, Kenderlichthyidae, Kompasia, Lanarkichthys, Limnomis, Lysopteri, Melanecta, Merospondyli, Mesichthyes, Moythomasia, Nematoptychiidae, Neopterygii, Palaeobergiidae, Palaeophoxinus, Phthinobranchii, Plectospondyli, Pseudohaplolepis, Scanilepidiformes, Tarrasiidae, Teleosteomorpha, Westlepis, Woodichthys
Subtaxa: Paphosiscidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Montana collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences