Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Centrolophidae
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Jordan 1963, Miya et al. 2013, Nelson et al. 2016, Schwarzhans 2003 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Carangodidae, Caristiidae, Chiasmodontidae, Euzaphlegidae, Gempylidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Scombropidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Centrolophidarum Centrolophus Eogorgon Hyperoglyphe Icichthys Mupus Zorzinia
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of Chile (1), France (2), Italy (1), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Italy (3)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence