Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Parent taxon: Sparidae according to E. Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Archosargus, Boops, Box, Calamus, Crenidens, Crommyodus, Dentex, Evynnis, Lagodon, Pagellinae, Pagrus, Paracalamus, Pshekharus, Rhythmias, Stenotomus
Subtaxa: Liognathus Oblada Pagellus Pagrosomus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Greece (4), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Czechia (3), France (2), Greece (1), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (2), Nigeria (2), United States (1: Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2)
Total: 31 collections including 41 occurrences