Parent taxon: Protacanthopterygii according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Esociformes, Galaxiiformes, Salmoniformes
Subtaxa: Argentinidae Argentinoidei Bathylagidae Microstomatidae Opisthoproctidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (2), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), France (4), Italy (4), Japan (3), New Zealand (13), Romania (2), United States (9: California)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (8)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (2), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Georgia (1), New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (7: California, Maryland, North Dakota)
Total: 78 collections including 95 occurrences