Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata - Scombridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36215
Invalid subtaxa: Albacora Jordan 1888 (no. 355889), Orcynus Agassiz 1843 [replaced name] (no. 352612), Thynnus Cuvier 1816 [objective synonym] (no. 344061), Thynnus (Orcynus) Agassiz 1843 [replaced name] (no. 352972)
Parent taxon: Thunninae according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
Sister taxa: Allothunnus, Auxis, Eothynnus, Euthynnus, Katsuwonus, Woodwardella
Subtaxa: Orcynus proximus, Thunnus (Alciola), Thunnus abchazicus, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus krambergeri, Thunnus lanceolatus, Thunnus latior, Thunnus maccoyii, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus orientalis, Thunnus secretus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus tonggol, Thynnus (Orcynus) scaldisii, Thynnus angustus, Thynnus bolcensis, Thynnus scaldisii
Ecology: nektonic omnivore