Osteichthyes

Full reference: K. Mickle. 2018. A new lower actinopterygian fish from the Upper Mississipian Bluefield Formation of West Virginia, USA. PeerJ 90:211-219

Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to K. Mickle 2018

Sister taxa: Aesopichthyidae, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Aneurolepis, Apholiformes, Asarotiformes, Atkinsonella, Australichthys, Avamia, Avonichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Bishofia, Bobastraniiformes, Burguklia, Charleuxiidae, Chirothrix, Cuneognathus, Daemodontiscus, Diplospondichthys, Discordichthyidae, Echidnocephalus, Eurekichthyoidei, Eurynotiformes, Eurypoma, Exocoetoides, Fubarichthyiformes, Guntherichthys, Gyrolepidotidae, Holuropsis, Isospondyli, Kalops, Kansasiella, Kutaichthys, Lepidotus pectoralis, Lepidotus trotti, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Meemannia, Meisenheimichthys, Ministrella, Moythomasiidae, Neuburgichthys, Nozamichthys, Ophiopsis lariensis, Opistopteryx, Oxypteriscus, Pachylebias, Palaeoneiros, Palaeonisci, Palaeonisciformes, Palaeoniscimorpha, Palaeoniscoidae, Palaeoniscoidea, Paleonisciformes, Paramblypteriformes, Phanerosteonoidei, Phoebeannaia, Pholidophorus lepturus, Piratata, Polypteri, Protaulopsis, Protospondyli, Raynerius, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Schizospondylus, Semionotus brevis, Semionotus dubius, Semionotus inornatus, Sphyragnathus, Spinofacia, Stambergichthys, Stegotrachelus, Tanyrhinichthys, Terenolepis, Tetragonopterus, Trawdenia, Uranichthys, Yaomoshania

Subtaxa: Bluefieldius mercerensis

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Type: Bluefieldius mercerensis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at North Side of Highway US 460 (Hylopus trackway site) (Carboniferous of Virginia)

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