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Order Uranoscopiformes (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes

Parent taxon: Percomorpharia according to R. Betancur-R 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: Ammodytidae Champsodontidae Leptoscopidae Opisthognathidae Owstoniidae Pinguipedidae Uranoscopidae

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Virginia collection)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Poland (1), Romania (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), United States (1: Louisiana)

Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences

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