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Paralichthyidae

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Paralichthinae David p. 164
1963Paralichthyidae Jordan p. 668
2012Paralichthyidae Fierstine et al. p. 156
2013Paralichthyidae Betancur et al.
2016Paralichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 398
2018Paralichthyidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 197
2022Paralichthyidae Cicimurri et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyParalichthyidae
familyParalichthyidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Citharichthys Bleeker 1862
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†Citharichthys oranensis Arambourg 1927
Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan and Gilbert 1882
†Citharichthys varians Casier 1966
G. Paralichthys Girard 1858
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Subg. †Paralichthys (Vorator) Jordan 1925
†Paralichthys antiquus Jordan 1924
†Paralichthys yamanai Sakamoto and Uyeno 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 38.00000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Citharichthys sp. (75638)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Louisiana) Paralichthyidae indet. (164391)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Paralichthyidae indet. (60444)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) Citharichthys sp. (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Paraguana) Citharichthys sp. (118106)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Tottori) Paralichthys yamanai (161450)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Tottori) Paralichthys yamanai (190896)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Citharichthys sp. (161210)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Citharichthys sp. (145519 145520 145521 145523)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Hippoglossus antiquus (45489)
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.62 - 2.588USA (California) Paralichthys sp. (188305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Citharichthys oranensis (59256)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Citharichthys sp. (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Paralichthys sp. (184964)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Citharichthys sp., Paralichthys sp. (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Citharichthys sp. (186673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Citharichthys sp., Paralichthys californicus, Citharichthys sordidus, Citharichthys stigmaeus (219849)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Citharichthys sordidus (194882 222408)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Citharichthys stigmaeus (85314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Citharichthys sp. (20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Citharichthys spp., Paralichthys californicus, Citharichthys sordidus, Citharichthys stigmaeus (59063) Paralichthys californicus (190889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Citharichthys sp. (161932)