Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Parent taxon: Paralichthyidae according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
See also Arambourg 1927, Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Stringer 1998 and Welton 2015
Sister taxon: Paralichthys
Subtaxa: Citharichthys oranensis Citharichthys parvisulcus Citharichthys sordidus Citharichthys stigmaeus Citharichthys varians Citharichthys vergens Citharichthys xanthostigma
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California, Louisiana, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Chile (8), Panama (4), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 27 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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