Bothus Rafinesque 1810 (flatfish)
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Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Parent taxon: Bothidae according to E. Steurbaut 1984
See also Carnevale et al. 2006, Gol'din et al. 2020, Schwarzhans 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arnoglossus, Bothidarum, Caulopsetta, Grammatobothus, Laeops, Miobothus, Monolene, Oligobothus, Peltorhamphus, Taeniopsetta
Subtaxa: Bothus decipiens Bothus nativus Bothus parvulus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Croatia (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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