Order Atheriniformes Rosen 1966 (silverside)

Actinopteri - Atheriniformes

Parent taxon: Atherinomorphae according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Bannikov 2014, Domning and Clark 1993, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atherinea, Beloniformes, Cyprinodontea, Cyprinodontiformes

Subtaxa: Atherinidae Atherinopsidae Bedotiidae Chirostoma Colpichthys Dentatherinidae Isonidae Melanotaeniidae Menidia Mesogasteridae Notocheiridae Palaeoatherina Phallostethidae Pranesus Pseudomugilidae Rhamphognathidae Stenatherina Telmatherinidae

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), United States (2: California)

• Pliocene of Greece (2), Jamaica (1), United States (2: California, Florida)

• Neogene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (9), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (1), New Zealand (2), United States (2: California)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1)

Total: 47 collections including 57 occurrences

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