Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Parent taxon: Elopiformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022
See also Bryant 1989, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Casier 1966, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Estes and Berberian 1970, Estes and Hiatt 1978, Otero et al. 2015, Peng et al. 2001 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Albuloidei, Antofagastaichthys, Carsothrissops, Coryphaenopsis, Dactylopogon, Davichthys, Echinelops, Eichstaettia, Elopidae, Elopoidei, Epaelops, Flindersichthys, Lyrolepis, Megalopidae, Ostariostoma
Subtaxa: Egertonia Paralbula Paralbulinae Phyllodontinae Phyllodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: New Jersey, Texas collections)
• Eocene of Barbados (1), Belgium (3), the United Kingdom (10), United States (16: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Montana, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: Arkansas, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Canada (56: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (4), Jordan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Syria (3), United States (42: Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 154 collections including 188 occurrences