Suborder Chaunacoidei
Alternative spelling: Chaunacioidei
Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae
Subtaxa: Chaunacidae
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections), Italy (2)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence