Solea Gouan 1770 (flatfish)

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

Parent taxon: Pleuronectidae according to A. Girone et al. 2006

See also Arambourg 1927, Bedini et al. 1986, Heinrich 1969, Leriche 1926, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Atheresthes, Evesthes, Glyptocephalus, Hippoglossoides, Lyopsetta, Microstomus, Parophrys, Platichthys, Pleuronectidarum, Pleuronectinae, Pleuronichthys

Subtaxa: Solea approximata Solea balonggensis Solea eocenica Solea glabber Solea lenticularis Solea prisca Solea proocellata Solea rotunda Solea senegalensis Solea songgoensis Solea sulci

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (3)

• Neogene of Indonesia (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (5), Kazakhstan (1)

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

• Eocene of Egypt (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Cretaceous of France (1)

Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences

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