Superfamily Trichiuroidea Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1810 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Scombroidei according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Casier 1966
Sister taxa: Duplexdens, Euzaphlegidae, Micrornatus, Scombramphodon, Scombroidea, Sphyraenodus, Trichiuriformes, Xiphioidea
Subtaxa: Argestichthys Hemithyrsites
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences