Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii
Rank is series
Parent taxon: Percomorphaceae according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Anabantaria, Batrachoidimorpharia, Carangaria, Carangimorpharia, Eupercaria, Gobiaria, Gobiomorpharia, Ophidiaria, Ophidiimorpharia, Ovalentaria, Pelagiaria, Percomorpharia, Scombrimorpharia, Syngnatharia
Subtaxa: Batrachoidiformes
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (17: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (3: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Gabon (1), India (1), Italy (1), Panama (2)
• Oligocene of Czechia (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
Total: 34 collections including 43 occurrences