Osteichthyes - Spariformes - Sparidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Sparidae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Arambourg 1927, Argyriou 2022, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Danil'chenko 1980, Gol'din et al. 2020, Sepkoski 2002 and Vicens and RodrÃguez-Perea 2003
Sister taxa: Abromasta, Denticinae, Dentinae, Diplodus, Ellaserrata, Plectrites, Pseudosparnodus, Rythmias, Sargus, Sciaenurus, Sparidarum, Sparnodus
Subtaxa: Sparus aurata Sparus brusinai Sparus caraibaeus Sparus cinctus Sparus compactus Sparus elegantulus Sparus neogenus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Portugal (3), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Angola (2), Argentina (1), Austria (3), Costa Rica (2), Czechia (2), France (4), Germany (1), Italy (3), Poland (1), Portugal (6), Romania (1), Spain (8)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Barbados (1), Belgium (1), India (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (9: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 67 collections including 85 occurrences
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