Family Scaridae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Labriformes - Scaridae
Parent taxon: Labriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Labridae, Odacidae, Tortonesiidae
Subtaxa: Bolbometopon Calotomus Cetoscarus Hipposcarus Pacuarescarus Scarinae Scarus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Greece (1), the Marshall Islands (5), New Caledonia (1), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), France (1), Portugal (5), Sri Lanka (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 21 collections including 48 occurrences