†unranked clade Trichiuriformes (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Scombroidei according to L. R. David 1943
Sister taxa: Duplexdens, Euzaphlegidae, Micrornatus, Scombramphodon, Scombroidea, Sphyraenodus, Trichiuroidea, Xiphioidea
Subtaxa: Zaphlegidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lompoc Quarry (Miocene of California)