Suborder Centrarchoidei (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes
Parent taxon: Centrarchiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Cirrhitioidei, Percichthyoidei, Percolatoidei, Terapontoidei
Subtaxa: Centrarchidae Elassomatidae Enoplosidae Sinipercidae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (18: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Kansas)
• Miocene of Japan (2), South Korea (2), United States (4: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections including 55 occurrences