Atheresthes Jordan and Gilbert 1881 (flatfish)
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Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Parent taxon: Pleuronectidae according to B. J. Welton 2015
See also Fierstine et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Evesthes, Glyptocephalus, Hippoglossoides, Lyopsetta, Microstomus, Parophrys, Platichthys, Pleuronectidarum, Pleuronectinae, Pleuronichthys, Solea
Subtaxa: Atheresthes stomias
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Oregon collections)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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