Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Parent taxon: Siluroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Andrews 1906, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Leidy 1873, Nelson et al. 2016 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Ailiidae, Akysidae, Amblycipitidae, Amphiliidae, Anchariidae, Ariidae, Arioidea, Auchenipteridae, Austroglanididae, Bagridae, Cetopsidae, Chacidae, Clariidae, Clarioidea, Claroteidae, Cranoglanididae, Doradoidea, Heptapteridae, Heteropneustidae, Horabagridae, Hypsidoroidea, Ictaluridae, Malapteruridae, Mochokidae, Pangasiidae, Pimelodidae, Plotosidae, Pseudopimelodidae, Ritidae, Schilbeidae, Siluriodae, Sisoridae, Sisoroidea
Subtaxa: Ameiurus Amiurus Ichthyophis muelleri Pimelodus Pseudeutropius Rhineastes Silurus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Thailand (1 collection), Turkmenistan (3), United States (3: Florida, Texas)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (2), Moldova (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Colombia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Pakistan (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2), United States (7: Nebraska, Nevada, Texas)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Libya (1), Namibia (1), Niger (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1), Egypt (1)
Total: 45 collections including 50 occurrences