Osteichthyes - Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae
Parent taxon: Acanthuriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Bannikov and Tyler 2012, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthonemidae, Acanthuroidei, Luvaridae, Massalongiidae, Sciaenoidei, Zanclidae
Subtaxa: Acanthurinae Acanthuroides Acanthurus Ctenochaetus Eonaso Eorandallius Frigosorbinia Gazolaichthys Lehmanichthys Marosichthys Metacanthurus Metaspisurus Naseus Nasinae Naso Padovathurus Paracanthurus Pesciarichthys Prionurus Proacanthurus Protozebrasoma Sorbinithurus Tauichthys Tylerichthys Zebrasoma
Ecology: fast-moving aquatic grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (5 collections), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
• Pliocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Croatia (1), France (1), Greece (3), Indonesia (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Iran (1), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of Italy (2)
Total: 20 collections including 62 occurrences