Alternative spellings: Teleosti, Teleosti
Parent taxon: Teleosteomorpha according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Acanthopterygii, Aspidorhynchei, Barschichthyidae, Lampripterygii, Marcopoloichthyidae, Palaeolabridae, Paracanthopterygii, Polymixiipterygii, Pseudoberycidae, Ruedersdorfia, Teleostei
Subtaxa: Acanthopteri Acregoliath Amphiuma nordica Araripchthyiformes Asiatolepis Bathyclupeiformes Catosteomi Chongichthyidae Chromides Clupeocephala Crossognathiformes Discocephali Dorsetichthyiformes Elopocephalai Elopomorpha Euteleosteii Gasterosteiformes Gobioidea Ichthyodectiformes Jinanichthys Jugulares Leptolepidiformes Leucichthyops Longdeichthys Luisiella Lyopomi Malacopteri Opisthomi Osteoglossocephalai Osteoglossomorpha Osteossomorpha Paralycoptera Pediculati Percomorphacea Pharyngognathi Pholidophoriformes Polymyxiomorpha Scorpaeniformes Sorbinicharacidae Stephanoberyciformes Symbranchia Teleocephala Teleosteorum Todiltia Tonghuaichthys Tselfatiiformes Xenopterygii Ypsiloichthys
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Quaternary of Argentina (4), Australia (2), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Canada (15: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), the Congo-Kinshasa (7), Czechia (1), Djibouti (1), Egypt (39), Eritrea (1), Estonia (1), Ethiopia (1), France (1), Greece (14), Greenland (11), Hungary (2), Italy (9), Japan (6), Kenya (53), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (10), Niger (3), Panama (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Atlantic (1), Spain (4), Sudan (5), Syria (1), Tanzania (16), Thailand (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (3), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (65: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Oregon , South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1), Zambia (1)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Villafranchian of Hungary (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (9: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Djibouti (1), Ethiopia (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Panama (9), Spain (3), Uganda (8)
• Pliocene to Holocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Uganda (2)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Argentina (4), Armenia (2), Australia (3), Chile (2), China (1), Colombia (1), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (2), Germany (1), Greece (13), India (3), Italy (12), Jamaica (1), Japan (11), Kenya (14), Malawi (1), Mexico (1), Moldova (1), New Zealand (5), Panama (11), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (3), Spain (7), Taiwan (3), Tanzania (6), Türkiye (1), Uganda (9), Ukraine (2), United States (18: California, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon), Venezuela (6)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (5)
• Turolian of Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1), United States (8: California, Indiana, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Kenya (2), South Africa (1), Tanzania (7), Uganda (34), United States (1: California)
• Neogene of Indonesia (4), North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (7), Angola (3), Argentina (6), Australia (12), Austria (6), Azerbaijan (4), Belgium (2), Bolivia (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (11), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chad (1), Chile (18), China (4), Colombia (17), Croatia (2), Cyprus (1), Czechia (5), the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (2), Egypt (1), France (7), Gabon (6), Germany (19), Greece (27), India (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (43), Japan (18), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (13), Mexico (2), Moldova (1), Myanmar (1), Nepal (4), New Zealand (76), North Korea (1), Pakistan (4), Panama (17), Peru (23), Poland (1), Portugal (4), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia (1), Slovakia (4), South Atlantic (1), South Korea (1), Spain (5), Switzerland (9), Thailand (4), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Tunisia (3), Türkiye (3), Uganda (4), Ukraine (6), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (93: Alaska, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia), Venezuela (15)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (11)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Georgia (1), Greece (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Australia (4), Azerbaijan (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), China (3), Czechia (6), Egypt (1), France (8), Germany (8), Hungary (6), Italy (2), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (1), New Zealand (17), Oman (2), Peru (11), Poland (4), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (9), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (2), United States (20: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1), Czechia (1), Peru (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Algeria (3), Antarctica (3), Argentina (1), Australia (10), Barbados (5), Belgium (11), Canada (10: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territory, Saskatchewan), China (3), Egypt (3), France (12), Georgia (1), Germany (5), India (7), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (5), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (7), Mali (1), Myanmar (1), Namibia (2), New Zealand (20), Niger (1), Nigeria (4), Pakistan (6), Peru (9), the Russian Federation (1), South Atlantic (1), Spain (6), Tanzania (1), Tonga (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (49), United States (81: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (2), Vietnam (2), Western Sahara (3)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: North Dakota)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1), Mali (1), Peru (2), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Paleogene of Czechia (1), United States (1: washington)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Colombia (1), Denmark (4), Greece (2), Greenland (2), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), Niger (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (1), United States (18: Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (6), Bolivia (10), India (1), United States (3: Arkansas, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Antarctica (3), Argentina (98), Australia (11), Belgium (4), Bolivia (3), Brazil (33), Canada (119: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), China (26), Colombia (2), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Croatia (6), Czechia (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (9), Equatorial Guinea (1), France (13), Germany (21), Greece (7), India (13), Israel (5), Italy (19), Japan (13), Jordan (5), Kazakhstan (2), Lebanon (45), Libya (1), Madagascar (1), Malawi (1), Mali (2), Mexico (28), Mongolia (2), Morocco (15), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (5), New Zealand (4), Niger (13), Palestine (1), Portugal (2), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (12), Senegal (1), Slovenia (3), South Atlantic (1), South Korea (1), Spain (17), Sudan (1), Sweden (2), Switzerland (2), Syria (8), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (4), the United Kingdom (49), United States (254: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (12), Venezuela (3)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (4), South Africa (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (5), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Chile (2), China (1), France (18), Germany (17), Greece (1), Greenland (2), Italy (4), Japan (2), Luxembourg (7), Morocco (1), Norway (1), Portugal (1), Tanzania (5), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (19), United States (1: Colorado)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Australia (2), Austria (11), China (1), France (2), Germany (4), Indonesia (1), Italy (15), Luxembourg (1), South Africa (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 2693 collections including 7926 occurrences