Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1966, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Owen 1859
Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Joleaudichthyidae, Paralichthodidae, Paralichthyidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Atheresthes Evesthes Glyptocephalus Hippoglossoides Lyopsetta Microstomus Parophrys Platichthys Pleuronectidarum Pleuronectinae Pleuronichthys
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), Italy (1), Spain (1), United States (8: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 27 collections including 45 occurrences