Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Parent taxon: Gadoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Danil'chenko 1960, Fierstine et al. 2012, Nelson et al. 2016, Přikryl et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Bregmacerotidae, Gadidae, Lotidae, Merlucciidae, Phycidae
Subtaxa: Actuariolum Auchenoceros Austrophycis Eophycis Fanteichthys Gadella Laemonema Lepidion Lotella Mora Onobrosmius Paralaemonema Physiculinorum Physiculus Pseudophycis Tripterophycis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Quaternary of Greece (2), Italy (2), New Zealand (5), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (3), Italy (1), New Zealand (3)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), Italy (4), New Zealand (38), United States (1: California)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (10)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), New Zealand (4), Poland (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (4), New Zealand (6)
Total: 103 collections including 139 occurrences