Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes
Parent taxon: Crossognathiformes according to J. Alvarado-Ortega and Y. M. Alves 2022
See also Amalfitano et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Bavarichthys, Crossognathoidei, Enischorhynchus, Luxilites, Martinichthys, Pachyrizodus, Syntengmodus, Varasichthyidae
Subtaxa: Michin Notelopidae Pachyrhizodontidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Illinois)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Germany (2), Italy (4), Lebanon (2), Mexico (12), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (41: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 73 collections including 89 occurrences