Family Nomeidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Nomeidae
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963, Miya et al. 2013 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Gempylidae, Icosteidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Ariomma Cubiceps Psenicubiceps Rybapina
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Azerbaijan (1), France (2), New Zealand (4)
• Oligocene of Georgia (1), Germany (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence