Family Aulopidae Cope 1872 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Aulopidae
Parent taxon: Aulopoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1966, Forey et al. 2003, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans 2003
Sister taxa: Scopelosauridae, Synodontidae
Subtaxa: Aulopopsis Aulopus Labrophagus Nematonotus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of New Zealand (6), the United Kingdom (2)
• Cretaceous of Croatia (1), Lebanon (4)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence