Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Parent taxon: Salmoniformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Barcarenichthys, Casieroides, Chardonius, Cimolichthyoidei, Esocoidea, Esocoidei, Gharbouria, Ginsburgia, Goudkoffia, Myctophoidei, Natlandia, Prosopium, Pseudoleptolepis, Salmoniformorum, Smilodonichthys, Spaniodon, Stomiatoidei, Thaumaturus, Thymallus
Subtaxa: Helgolandichthys Hucho Leptichthys Oncorhynchus Osmerus Rhabdofario Salmonidarum Salmoninae Salvelinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (12: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Greenland (11), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: California, Michigan)
• Blancan of United States (1: Idaho)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California, Oregon)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Italy (2), United States (2: California, Idaho)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1)
Total: 45 collections including 58 occurrences