Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Moronidae
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Szabo et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Beaumontoperca Dicentrarchus Morone Paramorone
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), Portugal (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene of Czechia (2), France (2), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (2)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences