Osteichthyes - Priacanthiformes
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
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, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Cepolidae Priacanthidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Quaternary of Greece (6), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Czechia (3), France (4), Gabon (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (5), Taiwan (1)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), France (5), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Louisiana)
Total: 56 collections including 70 occurrences