Family Polymixiidae Gill 1862 (beardfish)
Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae
Parent taxon: Polymixiiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Patterson 1964
Sister taxa: Boreiohydriidae, Cumbaaichthys, Pycnosteroididae
Subtaxa: Berycopsia Dalmatichthys Homonotichthys Parapolymixia Polymixia Pycnosterinx
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Japan (1)
• Eocene of United States (8: Alaska, California)
• Cretaceous of Israel (1), Lebanon (6), the United Kingdom (12), United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 30 collections including 39 occurrences