Family Polymixiidae Gill 1862 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Teleosteomorpha - Polymixiidae

Synonym: Omosomopsidae Gaudant 1978

Parent taxon: Polymixiipterygii according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Patterson 1964

Sister taxon: Polymixiiformes

Subtaxa: Berycopsia Berycopsis Dalmatichthys Homonotichthys Omosomopsis Parapolymixia Polymixia Pycnosterinx

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection), Japan (1)

• Eocene of United States (8: Alaska, California)

• Cretaceous of Germany (6), Israel (1), Lebanon (8), the United Kingdom (17), United States (1: Maryland)

Total: 43 collections including 55 occurrences

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