Clade Batrachoidimorpharia (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Percomorphaceae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Carangimorpharia, Gobiomorpharia, Ophidiimorpharia, Percomorpharia, Scombrimorpharia
Subtaxa: Batrachoidiformes
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (3: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Gabon (1), Greece (1), India (1), Italy (10), Panama (5)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
Total: 37 collections including 43 occurrences