†family Tetrapturidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Tetrapturidae
Parent taxon: Xiphioidea according to O. Schultz 1987
Sister taxa: Hemingwayidae, Palaeorhynchidae
Subtaxa: Pseudohistiophorus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tetrapturidae in the database