Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Moronidae
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Szabo et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Beaumontoperca Dicentrarchus Morone Paramorone
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Czechia (2), France (2), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (2)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences