Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Ranicipitidae
Alternative spelling: Ranicipitinae
Parent taxon: Gadiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2003 and Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
Sister taxa: Bathygadidae, Brosme, Euclichthyidae, Gadoidei, Gaidropsaridae, Lota, Macrouroidei, Macruroididae, Macruronidae, Maorigadus, Melanonidae, Merluccidae, Muraenolepididae, Paratichthys, Pollachius, Pseudoraniceps, Rankinian, Squalogadus, Trachyrhynchus, Trichurides
Subtaxa: Raniceps
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), Hungary (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences