Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Alternative spelling: Thunninae
Full reference: E. C. Starks. 1910. The Osteology and mutual relationships of the fishes belonging to the Family Scombridae. Journal of Morphology 21(1):77-99
Parent taxon: Scombrinae according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Collette et al. 2001, Klawe 1977, Serdy 2004 and Starks 1910
Sister taxa: Scomberomorini, Scombrini
Subtaxa: Allothunnus Auxis Eothynnus Euthynnus Katsuwonus Thunnus Woodwardella
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1), Chile (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Chile (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Peru (2), United States (4: California, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), Czechia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
• Eocene of Georgia (1), Italy (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 30 collections including 43 occurrences