Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Gempylidae
Alternative spelling: Gempylinae
Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale 2006, Casier 1966, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, David 1943, Jordan 1963, Miya et al. 2013, Monsch 2004 and Schwarzhans 2003
Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Pomatomidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae
Subtaxa: Abadzekhia Chelifichthys Diplospinus Gempylidarum Nealotus Progempylus Thyrsites Thyrsitoides
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), New Zealand (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of Georgia (1), Germany (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences