Family Scaridae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - 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
Subtaxa: Bolbometopon Calotomus Cetoscarus Hipposcarus Pacuarescarus Scarinae Scarus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Greece (1), the Marshall Islands (5), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), France (1), Portugal (1), Sri Lanka (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 16 collections including 43 occurrences