†family Dorypteridae Fitzinger 1873 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Dorypteridae
Parent taxon: Dorypteroidei according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Cope 1877, Cope 1878, Gardiner 1960, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Dorypterus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Germany (3), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence