†family Synodidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Synodidae
Parent taxon: Aulopiformes according to P. A. M. Gaemers 1984
See also Casier 1966
Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Alepisauroidei, Aulopoidei, Bathysauroididae, Enchodontoidei, Halecoidei, Ichthyotringoidei, Lestidiidae, Nardorexidae, Notolepis, Paralepididae, Paraulopidae, Paraulopoidei, Pseudotrichonotidae, Scopelarchidae
Subtaxa: Argillichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence