Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae
Parent taxon: Carangidae according to T. Argyriou 2022
See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, de Beaufort 1926, Eastman 1904, Fierstine et al. 2012, Pauca 1929 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alectis, Archaeus, Argyreiosus, Belgocaranx, Carangidarum, Ceratoichthys, Decapterus, Eastmanalepes, Equula, Lichia, Oligoplites, Paratrachinotus, Platax, Pseudocaranx, Selene, Seriola, Teratichthys, Trachicaranx, Trachurus, Vomeropsis
Subtaxa: Caranx albyi Caranx baltruschi Caranx femeri Caranx gracilis Caranx macoveii Caranx orolomaensis Caranx primaevus Caranx scillae Caranx weileri
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turks and Caicos Islands (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
• Eocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 14 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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