Family Samaridae (flatfish)
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Samaridae
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Samaris
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Martinborough (Pliocene of New Zealand)