Family Champsodontidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Champsodontidae
Parent taxon: Trachiniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ammodytidae, Cheimarrhichthyidae, Leptoscopidae, Trachinidae
Subtaxa: Champsodon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Miocene of New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence