Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes
Parent taxon: Aspidorhynchei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Arratia 2015, Arratia 2017, Arratia et al. 2004, Bogan et al. 2011, Estes 1964, Long 2011, Nelson et al. 2016 and Peng et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Pachycormiformes, Prohaleciteiformes
Subtaxa: Aspidorhynchidae Atacamichthys Pseudovinctifer
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: North Dakota collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (25), Australia (2), Belgium (1), Brazil (11), Canada (46: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Croatia (2), France (2), Germany (2), India (4), Italy (5), Lebanon (1), Mexico (3), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (40: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (5), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), France (3), Germany (3), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 175 collections including 183 occurrences