Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
Synonym: Eosemionotidae Bürgin et al. 1991
Parent taxon: Semionotiformes according to A. López-Arbarello et al. 2019
See also Bürgin 2004, Bürgin et al. 1991, Gardiner 1960, González-Rodríguez et al. 2004, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, López-Arbarello 2012, Murray and Wilson 2009, Nelson et al. 2016 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Alleiolepis, Allelepidotus, Aphelolepis, Austrolepidotus, Callipurbeckiidae, Callopteus, Corunegenys, Enigmatichthys, Heterostrophus, Lophionotus, Orthurus, Pericentrophorus, Plesiolepidotus, Prionopleurus, Semionotidae, Semionotoidei, Serrolepis, Sinosemionotus, Sphathiurus, Tungusichthyidae
Subtaxa: Agoultichthys Eosemionotus Histionotus Legnonotus Macrosemiocotzus Macrosemius Notagogus Propterus
Type: Macrosemius
Ecology: nektonic durophage-carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (2), Mexico (5), Morocco (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Austria (6), Germany (4), Italy (5), the Netherlands (3), Slovenia (2), Spain (6), Switzerland (13), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 62 collections including 71 occurrences