Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Alternative spelling: Scomberomorinae
Full reference: E. C. Starks. 1910. The Osteology and mutual relationships of the fishes belonging to the Family Scombridae. Journal of Morphology 21(1):77-99
Parent taxon: Scombrinae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Collette et al. 2001, Ebersole et al. 2019, Klawe 1977, Monsch 2004, Monsch and Bannikov 2011 and Starks 1910
Sister taxa: Eocoelopomini, Scombrini, Scombrinus, Thunnini
Subtaxa: Neocybium Palaeocybium Scomberomorus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Japan (2), Poland (1), United States (4: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Georgia (1), Germany (1), United States (2: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Belgium (5), Kazakhstan (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (14: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 44 collections including 58 occurrences