Chibapsetta is an extinct genus of prehistoric right-eye flounder that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. It contains a single species, C. dolichurostyli from what is now Tōgane, Japan.[1][2][3][4] Some authors instead place its stratigraphic range as Late Pliocene.[5]

Chibapsetta
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pleuronectiformes
Family: Pleuronectidae
Genus: Chibapsetta
Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1988
Species:
C. dolichurostyli
Binomial name
Chibapsetta dolichurostyli
Sakamoto & Uyeno, 1988

Although its exact subfamilial placement is uncertain, it may be related to Hippoglossoides.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ a b Sakamoto, Kazuo; Uyeno, Teruya (1988). "A new righteye flounder from the late Pleistocene Togane Formation, Chiba Prefecture, Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Science Museum of Tokyo Series C. 14 (3): 135–142.
  3. ^ Sakamoto, Kazuo; Uyeno, Teruya; Micklich, Norbert (2004-01-01). "Oligopleuronectes germanicus gen. et sp. nov., an Oligocene Pleuronectid Flatfish from Frauenweiler, S-Germany" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Science Museum of Tokyo Series C. 30: 89–94.
  4. ^ 真也, 宮田; 薫, 尾﨑; 徹, 福嶋; 創, 樽 (2024). "多摩川水系中・上流域に分布する上総層群から産出した浅海性硬骨魚類化石の概要". 化石. 115: 5–17. doi:10.14825/kaseki.115.0_5.
  5. ^ Yabumoto, Yoshitaka; Uyeno, Teruya (1994). "Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan". Island Arc. 3 (4): 255–269. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00115.x. ISSN 1038-4871.