Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Paralichthyidae
Parent taxon: Paralichthyidae according to B. J. Welton 2015
See also Arambourg 1927, Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Sepkoski 2002 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxon: Paralichthys
Subtaxa: Citharichthys oranensis Citharichthys sordidus Citharichthys stigmaeus Citharichthys varians Citharichthys xanthostigma
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California, Louisiana, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Panama (4), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of United States (1: Louisiana)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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