Family Paraulopidae Sato and Nakabo 2002 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Parent taxon: Aulopiformes according to W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Alepisauroidei, Aulopoidei, Bathysauroididae, Enchodontoidei, Halecoidei, Ichthyotringoidei, Lestidiidae, Notolepis, Paralepididae, Paraulopoidei, Pseudotrichonotidae, Scopelarchidae, Synodidae
Subtaxa: Paraulopus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (23)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (3), Germany (1), New Zealand (5)
Total: 37 collections including 39 occurrences