Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Euzaphlegidae
Synonyms: Dipterichthyidae Arambourg 1967, Dipterichthyinae Arambourg 1967, Zaphlegidae David 1943
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012 and Monsch and Bannikov 2011
Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Carangodidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Gempylidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Scombropidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Acanthophleges Dipterichthys Euzaphleges Lednevia Palimphyes Thyrsocles Trossulus Veronaphleges Zaphlegulus
Type: Euzaphleges
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Oligocene of Czechia (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of Georgia (1), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (1), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 10 collections including 17 occurrences