Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Parent taxon: Sparidae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022
See also Morgan and Portell 1996 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Boops, Box, Calamus, Crenidens, Crommyodus, Dentex, Evynnis, Lagodon, Pagellinae, Pagrus, Paracalamus, Pshekharus, Rhythmias, Sparinae, Sparus, Stenotomus
Subtaxa: Archosargus probatocephalus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turks and Caicos Islands (1 collection), United States (5: Florida, Georgia)
• Pliocene of Libya (1), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Carolina)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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