Family Champsodontidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Champsodontidae
Parent taxon: Trachiniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Ammodytidae, Cheimarrhichthyidae, Leptoscopidae, Trachinidae, Trichonotidae
Subtaxa: Champsodon
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence