Oligobothus Baciu and Chanet 2002 (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

Full reference: D. S. Baciu and B. Chanet. 2002. Les Poissons plats fossiles (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes) de l'Oligocène de Piatra Neamt (Roumanie). Oryctos 4:17-38

Parent taxon: Bothidae according to D. S. Baciu and B. Chanet 2002

Sister taxa: Arnoglossus, Bothidarum, Bothus, Caulopsetta, Grammatobothus, Laeops, Miobothus, Monolene, Peltorhamphus, Taeniopsetta

Subtaxa: Oligobothus pristinus

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Type: Oligobothus pristinus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cozla (Piatra Neamt) (Oligocene of Romania)

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