Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Parent taxon: Alepisauroidea according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022
See also Amalfitano et al. 2020, Applegate 1970, Arambourg and Joleaud 1943, Bogan and Agnolin 2010, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Fielitz and González-RodrĂguez 2010, Forey et al. 2003, Goody 1969, Hay 1902, Holloway et al. 2017, Jordan 1963, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Martin and Crame 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Rapp 1946, Shimada et al. 2006, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Woodward 1901 and Woodward 1902
Sister taxa: Alepisauridae, Polymerichthyidae
Subtaxa: Calypsoichthys Dagon Enchodus Eurypholinae Leptecodon Palaeolycus Pantopholis Parenchodus Rharbichthys Unicachichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Eocene of India (1), Spain (1), Uzbekistan (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Paleocene of Bolivia (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: Arkansas, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (4), Canada (10: Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (7), Equatorial Guinea (1), France (3), Germany (8), Greece (4), India (7), Israel (3), Italy (3), Japan (1), Jordan (3), Lebanon (10), Libya (1), Mali (1), Mexico (7), Morocco (6), Niger (8), Palestinian Territory (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (2), Sweden (2), Syria (8), the United Kingdom (6), United States (93: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah), Uzbekistan (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 221 collections including 288 occurrences