Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Sillaginidae
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Sillaginidarum Sillaginodes Sillago
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (2)
• Miocene of Australia (7), France (1), New Zealand (10)
• Oligocene of Australia (5), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), India (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences