Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Lactariidae
Parent taxon: Carangaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Carangiformes, Centropomidae, Istiophoriformes, Menidae, Pleuronectiformes, Polynemidae, Pygaeidae, Sphyraenidae, Toxotidae
Subtaxa: Lactariinae Lactarius
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brunei Darussalam (2), New Zealand (28), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (12)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (6)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Australia (7), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 86 collections including 98 occurrences