Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Eotrigonodontidae
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Kumar and Loyal 1987
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Eotrigonodon Kankatodus Stephanodus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (3 collections), India (7), Pakistan (2), Qatar (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (6)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Bolivia (1), Brazil (1), Egypt (2), France (2), Germany (1), India (10), Jordan (1), Mali (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), Niger (4), Nigeria (1), Syria (6), United States (11: Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (3)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 80 collections including 93 occurrences