Family Zeidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Zeiformes - Zeidae
Parent taxon: Zeiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Danil'chenko 1960, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Archaeozeus, Bajaichthyidae, Cyttidae, Cyttoides, Grammicolepididae, Oreosomatidae, Palaeocyttus, Parazenidae, Protozeus, Zeiformorum, Zeniontidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Italy (4)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence