Osteichthyes - 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, Salminopsidae, 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 Australia (1), Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Czechia (1), Germany (2), Italy (4), Lebanon (2), Mexico (13), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (45: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 86 collections including 109 occurrences