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

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Martinborough (Pliocene of New Zealand)

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