Family Citharidae (flatfish)
Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1966 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Citharus Eucitharus Rhombocitharus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (4), Italy (1), New Zealand (5)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences