†family Archaeomaenidae Wade 1941 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Archaeomaenidae
Parent taxon: Pholidophoriformes according to G. Arratia 2013
See also Gardiner 1960 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ankylophoridae, Catervariolidae, Eurycormidae, Grimmenichthys, Ichthyokentemidae, Luxembourgichthys, Pholidophoridae, Pleuropholidae
Subtaxa: Gurvanichthys Madariscus
Type: Archaeomaene
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)