Osteichthyes - Uranoscopiformes
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013 and Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pietschellidae, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes
Subtaxa: Owstoniidae Pinguipedidae Uranoscopidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Taiwan (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Czechia (1), France (1), New Zealand (26), Taiwan (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (11)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (7)
• Eocene of India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (7), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia)
Total: 70 collections including 97 occurrences