Family Centrarchidae Cope 1868 (sunfish)
Osteichthyes - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Parent taxon: Centrarchoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Holman et al. 1986, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Elassomatidae, Enoplosidae, Sinipercidae
Subtaxa: Archoplites Chaenobryttus Lepomis Micropterus Pomoxis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (17: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California, Kansas)
• Miocene of United States (4: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 25 collections including 45 occurrences