Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Gempylidae
Alternative spelling: Gempylinae
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale 2006, Casier 1966, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, David 1943, Jordan 1963, Miya et al. 2013, Monsch 2004, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans 2003
Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Carangodidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Euzaphlegidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Scombropidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Abadzekhia Chelifichthys Contemptor Diplospinus Eothyrsites Gempylidarum Gempylus Krampusichthys Laurinichthys Nealotus Progempylus Thyrsites Thyrsitoides Wudelenia
Type: Gempylus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 15 collections including 24 occurrences