Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae
Parent taxon: Lophioidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Pietsch and Carnevale 2011, Purdy et al. 2001 and Schultz 2006
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Caruso Emmachaere Eosladenia Lophiodes Lophiomus Lophius Sharfia Sladenia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Maine, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (1), Belgium (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Belgium (4), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences