Parent taxon: Scombroidei according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Schultz 1987
Sister taxa: Duplexdens, Euzaphlegidae, Micrornatus, Scombramphodon, Scombroidea, Sphyraenodus, Trichiuriformes, Trichiuroidea
Subtaxa: Hemingwayidae Palaeorhynchidae Tetrapturidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Hungary (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Georgia (1)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), Georgia (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (1), United States (4: South Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Georgia (2), Iran (1), Italy (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences