Actinopteri - Perciformes - Cepolidae
Parent taxon: Percoidei according to W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017
See also Casier 1966, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Apolectidae, Blotichthys, Bradyurus, Chilodipteridae, Dules, Enoplosus, Ephippididae, Frigoichthys, Frippia, Gillidia, Ioscionidae, Jimtylerius, Maenidae, Malacopygaeus, Montepostalia, Oliganodon, Parapelates, Pavarottia, Pelates, Perca, Percidae, Percoidae, Platacidae, Pomadasyidae, Portentosoceros, Pseudopriacanthidae, Pygaeus, Sparoidea, Squamibolcoides, Symphysanodontidae, Veronabrax, Voltamulloides
Subtaxa: Cepola
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Quaternary of Greece (6), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (4), Gabon (1), Italy (2), New Zealand (5)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Hungary (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), France (5), Germany (1)
Total: 41 collections including 45 occurrences