Parent taxon: Gadiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Bathygadidae, Brosme, Euclichthyidae, Gadoidei, Gaidropsaridae, Lota, Macruroididae, Macruronidae, Maorigadus, Melanonidae, Merluccidae, Muraenolepididae, Paratichthys, Pollachius, Pseudoraniceps, Ranicipitidae, Rankinian, Squalogadus, Trachyrhynchus, Trichurides
Subtaxa: Macrouridae Steindachneriidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (5), New Zealand (4), United States (1: Oregon)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (2), Belgium (1), France (1), Gabon (1), Germany (2), Greece (1), Italy (10), Japan (2), New Zealand (41), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: California)
• Neogene of Indonesia (2)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (7)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (6), United States (4: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (4), France (1), New Zealand (2), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: California)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), Denmark (3)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2)
Total: 137 collections including 254 occurrences