Osteichthyes - Argentiniformes
Parent taxon: Protacanthopterygii according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Bernardichthyidae, Esociformes, Ferrifronsidae, Galaxiiformes, Orthogonikleithridae, Salmoniformes
Subtaxa: Argentinidae Argentinoidei Bathylagidae Microstomatidae Opisthoproctidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (2), Japan (2), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), Chile (2), France (4), Italy (5), Japan (3), New Zealand (13), Panama (1), Romania (2), United States (9: California)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (8)
• Oligocene of Belgium (18), Czechia (3), Germany (2), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Czechia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Georgia (1), New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (7: California, Maryland, North Dakota)
Total: 102 collections including 119 occurrences