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
See also van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Daphnaechelus, Inichthys, Irajapintoseidon, Karaunguriidae, Kelliaichthys, Khantausia, Monesedeiphus, Nadteyichthys, Notacmon, Praeolepis, Rubidus, Senekichthys, Uydenia, Uydenichthys
Subtaxa: Globulodus Mesolepis
Type: Mesolepis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (2 collections), the Russian Federation (4)
• Carboniferous of France (2), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 17 collections including 22 occurrences