Family Centrarchidae Cope 1868 (sunfish)
Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Parent taxon: Centrarchiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Holman et al. 1986, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxon: Elassomatidae
Subtaxa: Archoplites Chaenobryttus Lepomis Micropterus Pomoxis
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (17: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Kansas)
• Miocene of United States (4: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 25 collections including 45 occurrences