Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Synonym: Eobuglossidae Chabanaud 1937
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Pauca 1931
Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Joleaudichthyidae, Paralichthodidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Aseraggodes Buglossidium Cornusolea Dicologlossa Eobuglossus Eosolea Microchirus Rhombus
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), Czechia (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 (4: California, Texas)
Total: 44 collections including 54 occurrences