†Solea eocenica Woodward 1910 (flatfish)
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Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1910. On a Fossil Sole and a Fossil Eel from the Eocene of Egypt. Geological Magazine 7(9):402-405
Belongs to Solea according to A. S. Woodward 1910
Sister taxa: Solea approximata, Solea balonggensis, Solea glabber, Solea lenticularis, Solea prisca, Solea proocellata, Solea rotunda, Solea senegalensis, Solea songgoensis, Solea sulci
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tura or Tora limestone quarry, which is in an Eocene marine limestone in the Mokattam Formation of Egypt
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tura or Tora limestone quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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