†infraclass Paleopterygii Patterson and Rosen 1977 (bony fish)
Parent taxon: Osteichthyes according to L. Grande 1984
Sister taxa: Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii, Andreolepididae, Cephaloxeniformes, Coregonidae, Crenilepis, Cyclotomodon, Dialipiniformes, Ganoidei, Histiothrissinae, Iniomi, Lophosteidae, Megamastax, Naxilepis, Pattonia, Pattonia couttsi, Preophiodon, Sarcopterygii, Sparalepis, Tythonichthys, Percidarum, Malacostomata, Chrondroterygia, Ptilichnus, Teleostomata, Aspidoganoidei, Dipneusta, Azygostei, Argentinoideorum, Otolithopsis, Lepidoleprus, Rhytiodus, Charitosaurus, Hypostomata
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paleopterygii in the database