Family Trachipteridae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Lampridiformes - Trachipteridae
Parent taxon: Lampridiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale 2004, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ateleopus, Eolophotes, Lamprididae, Palaeocentrotus, Pegasus volans, Protolophotus, Regalecidae, Trachipteroidei, Veliferoidei
Subtaxa: Trachipterus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence