Osteichthyes - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
Parent taxon: Atherinoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Casier 1966, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Atherionidae, Bedotiidae, Dentatherinidae, Isonidae, Melanotaeniidae, Phallostethidae, Pseudomugilidae, Telmatherinidae
Subtaxa: Atherina Atherinidarum Atherinomorus Merriamella Toroatherina
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Jamaica (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Czechia (2), France (5), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (10), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (1), New Zealand (2)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 47 collections including 52 occurrences