Actinopteri - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae
Parent taxon: Scorpaenidae according to W. Schwarzhans and J. Miàn 2017
See also Arambourg 1927, Bedini et al. 1986, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Nolf 1972, Pauca 1929, Schwarzhans 2003, Schwarzhans 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Pontinus, Rhomarchus, Rixator, Scorpaenidarum, Scorpaeninae, Scorpaenoides, Sebastes, Sebastichthys, Sebastolobus, Setarchinae
Subtaxa: Scorpaena boulei Scorpaena corallophilus Scorpaena ensiger Scorpaena jeanneli Scorpaena osterodenensis Scorpaena pilari Scorpaena tessieri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (5), United States (5: California)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.