Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Alternative spelling: Paralichthinae
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Cicimurri et al. 2022, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Citharichthys Paralichthys
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: California, Louisiana, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (3: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Japan (2), Panama (4), United States (1: California), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Louisiana, South Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 27 collections including 34 occurrences