Symphurus (flatfish)
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Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Cynoglossidae
Parent taxon: Cynoglossidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Nolf and Bajpai 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Paraplagusia
Subtaxa: Symphurus atricauda
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California, Louisiana collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Panama (2), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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