Family Soleidae (flatfish)

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae

Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Pauca 1931

Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleoidae

Subtaxa: Aseraggodes Buglossidium Cornusolea Dicologlossa Eosolea Microchirus Rhombus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Quaternary of Italy (2), Spain (3)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Greece (1), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Japan (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 43 collections including 53 occurrences

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