Family Achiridae (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Achiridae

Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Agiadi et al. 2020, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021

Sister taxa: Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Joleaudichthyidae, Paralichthodidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae

Subtaxa: Achirus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Chile (8)

Total: 10 collections including 14 occurrences

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