Family Lophotidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Lampriformes - Lophotidae
Parent taxon: Lampriformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Bannikov 1999 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Lampridae, Palaeocentrotidae, Radiicephalidae, Veliferidae
Subtaxa: Babelichthys Lophotes Oligolophotes
Type: Lophotus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Eocene of Georgia (1), Iran (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence