Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Palaeorhynchidae
Parent taxon: Istiophoriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Casier 1966, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, Fierstine 2006, Gottfried et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Monsch and Bannikov 2011, Robinson et al. 2024, Schultz 1987 and Szabo et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Blochiidae, Hemingwayidae, Istiophoridae, Xiphiidae
Subtaxa: Aglyptorhynchinae Aglyptorhynchus Enniskillenus Homorhynchus Palaeorhynchus Pseudotetrapturus
Type: Palaeorhynchum
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Hungary (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Georgia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Switzerland (1), United States (4: South Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Georgia (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 28 collections including 36 occurrences