Suborder Terapontoidei (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes
Parent taxon: Centrarchiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Centrarchoidei, Cirrhitioidei, Percichthyoidei, Percolatoidei
Subtaxa: Dichistiidae Girellidae Kuhliidae Kyphosidae Microcanthidae Oplegnathidae Scorpididae Terapontidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Chile (5), France (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences