Suborder Chondrichthyes (bony fish)
Parent taxon: Iniomi according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Bathypteroidae, Beerichthyidae, Cetunculi, Cheirothricidae, Harpodontidae, Malacosteidae, Omosudidae, Plagyodontidae
Subtaxa: Areyongalepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Western Sahara (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: New Jersey, South Carolina)
• Jurassic of Madagascar (1)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence