†Palaeolycus (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Enchodontidae
Parent taxon: Enchodontidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Cimolichthys, Enchodus, Eurypholis, Halec, Leptecodon, Pantophilus, Parenchodus, Prionolepis
Subtaxa: Palaeolycus dreginensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore