Family Belonidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae
Parent taxon: Exocoetoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Arambourg 1925, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Domning and Clark 1993, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Exocoetidae, Hemiramphidae, Scomberesocidae, Zenarchopteridae
Subtaxa: Belone Belonidarum Platybelone Scomberesox
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (1 collection), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (3), Italy (4), Jamaica (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Italy (4), United States (3: California)
• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana)
Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences