Actinopteri - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Parent taxon: Aspidorhynchiformes according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Bogan et al. 2011, Brito and Suarez 2003, Bryant 1989, Cope 1887, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Forey et al. 2003, Gardiner 1960, Jordan 1963, Peng et al. 2001 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Atacamichthys, Pseudovinctifer
Subtaxa: Aspidorhynchus Belonostomus Richmondichthys Vinctifer
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: North Dakota collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (19), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (10), Canada (44: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Croatia (2), France (1), Germany (2), India (4), Italy (5), Lebanon (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (37: Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (5), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), France (3), Germany (3), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 155 collections including 160 occurrences