Family Scophthalmidae (flatfish)

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Scophthalmidae

Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Agiadi et al. 2020, Baciu and Chanet 2002, David 1943 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Soleidae, Soleoidae

Subtaxa: Lepidorhombus Phrynorhombus Scophthalmus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bulgaria (1 collection), Estonia (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (1)

• Miocene of Croatia (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), Romania (2)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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