Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes
Parent taxon: Teleostei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Cumbaa et al. 2006, Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthopteri, Acregoliath, Amphiuma nordica, Araripchthyiformes, Ascalabos, Asiatolepis, Bathyclupeiformes, Catervariolus, Catosteomi, Chongichthyidae, Chromides, Clupeocephala, Crossognathiformes, Discocephali, Dorsetichthyiformes, Elopocephalai, Elopomorpha, Euteleosteii, Galkinia, Gasterosteiformes, Gobioidea, Ichthyodectiformes, Ichthyokentema, Jinanichthys, Jugulares, Leptolepidiformes, Leucichthyops, Longdeichthys, Luisiella, Lyopomi, Malacopteri, Opisthomi, Osteoglossocephalai, Osteoglossomorpha, Osteossomorpha, Palaeolabrus, Paralycoptera, Pediculati, Percomorphacea, Pharyngognathi, Pholidophoriformes, Polymyxiomorpha, Scorpaeniformes, Sorbinicharacidae, Stephanoberyciformes, Symbranchia, Teleocephala, Teleosteorum, Todiltia, Tonghuaichthys, Xenopterygii, Ypsiloichthys
Subtaxa: Eoplethodus Plethodidae Protobramidae Pseudanogmius
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Illinois collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Croatia (2), Egypt (3), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (5), Lebanon (7), Mexico (4), Morocco (1), Myanmar (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (25: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 58 collections including 70 occurrences