Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfish)
Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata
PaleoDB taxon number: 36241
Parent taxon: Carangimorphariae according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Carangiformes, Centropomidae, Istiophoriformes, Menidae, Polynemidae, Sphyraenidae, Toxotidae
Subtaxa: Achiurus, Amphistiidae, Chibapsetta, Clidoderma, Eobothus, Eobuglossus, Eopsetta, Heteronectes, Imhoffius, Isopsetta, Joleaudichthys, Limanda, Monochirus, Monolene, Paraplagusia, Pegusa, Pleuronectoidei, Psettodes, Psettodoidei, Turahbuglossus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore