†family Sauropsidae Cope 1877 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Isospondyli - Sauropsidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On the Vertebrata of the bone bed in eastern Illinois. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:53-63
Parent taxon: Isospondyli according to E. D. Cope 1878
See also Cope 1877 and Cope 1887
Sister taxa: Notopteroidei, Oligopleuridae, Pholidophoroidei, Proballostomus, Salmonoidea, Scyphophori, Stomiatioidei
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sauropsidae in the database