Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes
Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Sciaenidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Tetraodontiformes
Subtaxa: Opisthognathidae Owstoniidae Pinguipedidae Uranoscopidae
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), New Zealand (26), United States (1: Maryland)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (11)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (7)
• Eocene of India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (7), United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 63 collections including 90 occurrences