Family Citharidae de Buen 1935 (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae

Synonym: Eucitharidae Romer 1966

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

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Casier 1966 and Nelson et al. 2016

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

Subtaxa: Citharus Eucitharus Rhombocitharus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Greece (2 collections)

• Miocene of Czechia (2), France (4), Italy (1), New Zealand (5)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2)

• Eocene of Germany (1)

Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences

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