Family Chaunacidae (anglerfish)
Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Chaunacidae
Parent taxon: Chaunacoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Schultz 2006 and Schwarzhans 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Chaunax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections), Italy (2)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence