Parent taxon: Beryciformes according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
Sister taxa: Africentrum, Anoplogastridae, Berycidae, Berycoidei, Berycomorus, Beryx dalmaticus, Beryx subovatus, Brazosiella, Cryptoberyx, Ctenoberyx, Dinopterygoidei, Diretmidae, Holocentrites, Holocentroidea, Inocentrus, Kryptophanaron, Melamphaidae, Monocentridae, Omosoma, Pattersonoberyx, Plectrypops, Plesioberyx, Polymixioidei, Poromitra, Pseudholocentrum, Pseudomonocentrididae, Sargocentron, Scianenuropsis, Stephanoberycoidei, Trachichthyoidei
Subtaxa: Adriacentrus Ctenocephalichthys Erugocentrus Kansius Parospinus Stichoberyx Trachichthyoides
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (3: Kansas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence