Family Pleuronectidae (flatfish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 266151
Parent taxon: Pleuronectoidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Achiridae, Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Citharidae, Cynoglossidae, Paralichthyidae, Poecilopsettidae, Rhombosoleidae, Samaridae, Scophthalmidae, Soleidae, Soleoidae
Subtaxa: Atheresthes, Glyptocephalus, Hippoglossoides, Lyopsetta, Microstomus, Parophrys, Platichthys, Pleuronectinae, Pleuronichthys, Solea, Zororhombus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore