Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Estes and Tihen 1964 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Ailiidae, Akysidae, Amblycipitidae, Amphiliidae, Anchariidae, Ariidae, Arioidea, Auchenipteridae, Austroglanididae, Bagridae, Cetopsidae, Chacidae, Clariidae, Clarioidea, Claroteidae, Cranoglanididae, Doradoidea, Heptapteridae, Heteropneustidae, Horabagridae, Hypsidoroidea, Malapteruridae, Mochokidae, Pangasiidae, Pimelodidae, Plotosidae, Pseudopimelodidae, Ritidae, Schilbeidae, Siluridae, Siluriodae, Sisoridae, Sisoroidea
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Mexico (1), United States (16: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (2: Arizona, Florida)
• Miocene of United States (20: Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Eocene of Pakistan (1), United States (3: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Bolivia (1)
Total: 47 collections including 54 occurrences