Order Argentiniformes (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Argentiniformes

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

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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

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