Osteichthyes - Protacanthopterygii
Full reference: C. Poplin and R. Lund. 2000. Two new deep-bodied palaeoniscoid actinopterygians from Bear Gulch (Montana, USA, Lower Carboniferous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):428-449
Parent taxon: Actinopterygii according to C. Poplin and R. Lund 2000
Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Actinopteri, Aeduelliformes, Aetheospondyli, Aetheretmon, Aethocephalichthys, Akanolepis, Ameghinichthys, Anapterus, Apateodus, Asarotiformes, Aulolepis, Australichthys, Baoqingichthys, Beagiascus, Belonorhynchidae, Bobastraniiformes, Cheirodopsis, Chirothrix, Cladistia, Ctenothrissa, Cuneognathus, Dactylopogon, Dercetidae, Dinopteryx, Diplospondichthys, Echidnocephalus, Elonichthyiformes, Enchelurus, Engraulis, Exocoetoides, Globulodus, Guaymayenia, Guildayichthyiformes, Gunterichthys, Halecopsis, Histiothrissa, Isospondyli, Kalops, Leptolepidae, Limnomis, Lineagruan, Mallotus, Mesolepis, Microcoelia, Nematonotus, Opistopteryx, Pachylebias, Palaeonisciformes, Paramblypteriformes, Parascopelus, Paratarrasius, Peltopleuriformes, Perleidiformes, Plethodus, Polypteri, Prolebias, Pronotacanthus, Protaulopsis, Protospondyli, Pseudoberyx, Redfieldiformes, Reticulolepis, Rhadinichthyidae, Rhinellus, Rhynchorhinus, Roslerichthys, Salmo, Sardinioides, Sardinius, Saurichthys, Scombroclupea, Scopeloides, Spinofacia, Tarrasiiformes, Teleosteomorpha, Telepholis, Tetragonopterus, Thryptodus, Wardichthys
Subtaxa: Aesopichthys, Proceramala
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