†family Mesolepidae Young 1866 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Palaeoniscimorpha - Mesolepidae
Full reference: J. A. Young. 1866. On the Affinities of Platysomus and allied Genera. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 22(1-2):301-317
Parent taxon: Palaeoniscimorpha according to H-P. Schultze et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Daphnaechelus, Inichthys, Irajapintoseidon, Karaunguriidae, Kelliaichthys, Khantausia, Monesedeiphus, Nadteyichthys, Notacmon, Praolepis, Rubidus, Senekichthys, Uydenia, Uydenichthys
Subtaxa: Globulodus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Richelsdorf (Althaus coll) (Permian of Germany)