Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae
Parent taxon: Macrouroidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Lin et al. 2017, Lin et al. 2017, Nelson et al. 2016, Schwarzhans 2003 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Steindachneriidae
Subtaxa: Amblygoniolepidus Bathygadus Bolbocara Calilepidus Coelorhynchus Coelorinchus Coryphaenoides Homeocoryphaenoides Homeomacrurus Homeonezumia Hymenocephalus Lepidorhynchus Leptacantholepidus Macrourinae Macrourus Nezumia Oxygoniolepidus Promacrurus Pyknolepidus Razelainia Trachyrincinae Trachyrincus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (5), New Zealand (4), United States (1: Oregon)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (2), Belgium (1), France (1), Gabon (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Italy (10), Japan (2), New Zealand (41), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: California)
• Neogene of Indonesia (2)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (7)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (6), United States (4: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (4), France (1), New Zealand (2), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: California)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), Denmark (3)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2)
Total: 138 collections including 255 occurrences