Family Ammodytidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Ammodytidae
Parent taxon: Trachiniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale 2004, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963 and Přikryl et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Champsodontidae, Cheimarrhichthyidae, Leptoscopidae, Trachinidae
Subtaxa: Ammodytes Ammodytidarum Gymnammodytes Hyperoplus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections), United States (5: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), France (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Poland (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences