Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Parent taxon: Ovalentaria according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ambassidae, Atherinomorphae, Blenniomorphae, Callionymiformes, Cichlomorphae, Congrogadidae, Cylindracanthus, Embiotocidae, Grammatidae, Icosteiformes, Moroniformes, Mugilomorphae, Opisthognathidae, Plesiopidae, Polycentridae, Pomacentridae, Pseudochromidae, Scombrolabraciformes
Subtaxa: Ammodytidae Champsodontidae Cheimarrhichthyidae Leptoscopidae Trachinidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), United States (3: Oregon)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Belgium (1), France (4), Germany (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (24)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (2), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (2), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 63 collections including 85 occurrences