Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae

Synonym: Phacodus Cope 1869 [replaced name]

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Second addition to the history of the fishes of the Cretaceous of United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:240-244

Parent taxon: Sparidae according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Cope 1869 and Cope 1869

Sister taxa: Archosargus, Boops, Box, Calamus, Crenidens, Dentex, Evynnis, Lagodon, Pagellinae, Pagrus, Paracalamus, Pshekharus, Rhythmias, Sparinae, Stenotomus

Subtaxa: Crommyodus irregularis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shiloh Marl (Miocene of New Jersey)

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