Parent taxon: Aulopiformes according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Forey et al. 2003, Goody 1969 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Alepisauroidei, Aulopoidei, Bathysauroididae, Enchodontoidei, Halecoidei, Lestidiidae, Nardorexidae, Notolepis, Paralepididae, Paraulopidae, Paraulopoidei, Pseudotrichonotidae, Scopelarchidae, Synodidae
Subtaxa: Apateopholidae Dercetidae Ichthyotringidae Ursichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (1 collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Belgium (2), Canada (5: Alberta), Colombia (1), Germany (7), Greece (3), India (6), Israel (2), Italy (4), Jordan (2), Lebanon (12), Mali (1), Mexico (8), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (2), Niger (4), Palestine (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Syria (3), the United Kingdom (18), United States (13: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Dakota)
Total: 108 collections including 144 occurrences