Parent taxon: Elopiformes according to P. L. Forey 1973
See also Case and Schwimmer 1988, Estes 1969, Estes and Hiatt 1978, Fielitz and Bardack 1992, Jordan 1963, Nolf and Dockery 1990, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Antofagastaichthys, Carsothrissops, Coryphaenopsis, Dactylopogon, Davichthys, Echinelops, Eichstaettia, Elopidae, Elopoidei, Epaelops, Flindersichthys, Lyrolepis, Megalopidae, Ostariostoma, Phyllodontidae
Subtaxa: Albuloidea Eurokidae Osmeroididae Thryptodontidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (5 collections), the United Kingdom (4)
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Northwest Territories), Czechia (1), Germany (3), Greece (1), India (1), Lebanon (3), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 26 collections including 35 occurrences