Suborder Callionymoidei (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Syngnathiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Aulorhamphidae, Aulostomidae, Aulostomoidea, Centriscidae, Dactylopteroidei, Fistularioididae, Macrorhamphosidae, Mulloidei, Paraeoliscidae, Parasynarcualidae, Pegasidae, Rhamphosidae, Solenostomidae, Syngnathoidei, Urosphenidae
Subtaxa: Callionymidae Gilmourella
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences