Parent taxon: Aulopiformes according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Forey et al. 2003 and Goody 1969
Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Alepisauroidei, Aulopoidei, Bathysauroididae, Enchodontoidei, Halecoidei, Lestidiidae, Notolepis, Paralepididae, Paraulopidae, Paraulopoidei, Pseudotrichonotidae, Scopelarchidae, Synodidae
Subtaxa: Apateopholidae Dercetidae Ichthyotringidae Ursichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Canada (5: Alberta), Colombia (1), Germany (6), Greece (3), India (6), Israel (2), Italy (4), Jordan (2), Lebanon (12), Mali (1), Mexico (7), Morocco (7), the Netherlands (1), Niger (4), Palestinian Territory (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovenia (1), Syria (3), the United Kingdom (16), United States (9: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota)
Total: 95 collections including 123 occurrences