Family Sciaenidae Cuvier 1828

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae

Alternative spelling: Sciaenoidei

Synonym: Scienoides

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

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Acropomatidae, Caesionidae, Caproidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontidae, Cirrhitiformes, Emmelichthyidae, Enoplosidae, Ephippiformes, Epigonidae, Gerreidae, Haemulidae, Howellidae, Kuhliidae, Kyphosidae, Labriformes, Lateolabracidae, Leiognathidae, Lobotidae, Lophiiformes, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Oplegnathidae, Pempheriformes, Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Polyprionidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Sinipercidae, Spariformes, Terapontidae, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes

Subtaxa: Pseudoeleginus

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Quebec), France (1), United States (12: California, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (4: California, Florida, North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Argentina (3), Belgium (1), Chile (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Germany (5), Italy (9), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (2), Panama (8), Peru (1), United States (10: California, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska), Venezuela (2)

• Neogene of Indonesia (2)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (13: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Eocene of India (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (18: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (15: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 129 collections including 204 occurrences

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