Microstomus Schinze 1822 (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

Parent taxon: Pleuronectidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atheresthes, Evesthes, Glyptocephalus, Hippoglossoides, Lyopsetta, Parophrys, Platichthys, Pleuronectidarum, Pleuronectinae, Pleuronichthys

Subtaxa: Microstomus pacificus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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