Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Pietschellidae
Full reference: G. Carnevale and A. Bannikov. 2015. Pietschellidae fam. nov., a new family of miniature percomorph fishes from the Eocene of Bolca, with the description of a new genus and species. Studi e ricerche sui giacimenti terziari di Bolca 16(13):17-26
Parent taxon: Eupercaria according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Carnevale and Bannikov 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthuriformes, Asianthidae, Callanthiidae, Caproiformes, Caucasichthyidae, Centrarchiformes, Centrogenyidae, Chaetodontiformes, Dinolestidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Eotrigonodontidae, Ephippiformes, Exelliidae, Gerreiformes, Labriformes, Lobotiformes, Lophiiformes, Lutjaniformes, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Pomacanthidae, Priacanthiformes, Quasimullidae, Repropcidae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, Sillaginidae, Spariformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes
Subtaxa: Nickcaves Pietschellus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences