Order Percopsiformes Berg 1940 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Percopsiformes

Parent taxon: Paracanthopterygii according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Long 2011, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Anacanthini, Gadiformes, Protosyngnathidae, Sphenocephaliformes, Stylephoriformes, Trebicianiidae, Zeiformes

Subtaxa: Amblyopsidae Aphredoderidae Percopsidae Percopsiformorum

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), United States (4: Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Canada (3: Alberta), Denmark (2), Greenland (1)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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