Chibapsetta
Extinct genus of fish
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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: | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Pleuronectoidei |
| 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]
