†Pleuronectidarum acuminatus Koken 1891 (flatfish)
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Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Full reference: E. Koken. 1891. Neue Untersuchungen an tertiaren Fisch-otolithen. Part II. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 43:77-270
Belongs to Pleuronectidarum according to G. A. Frost 1924
See also Koken 1891
Sister taxa: Pleuronectidarum irregularis, Pleuronectidarum orbicularis, Pleuronectidarum pentagonalis, Pleuronectidarum splendens
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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