Heteronectes
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| Heteronectes chaneti |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Order: | Pleuronectiformes |
| Genus: | †Heteronectes Friedman, 2008 |
| Species: |
† H. chaneti
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| Heteronectes chaneti Friedman, 2008
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Heteronectes chaneti is a fossil fish which has been identified as an early relative of the flatfish, and as a transitional fossil. In a typical modern flatfish, the head is asymmetric with both eyes on one side of the head. In Heteronectes, the transition from the typical symmetric head of a vertebrate is incomplete, with one eye positioned near the top of the head, very similar, but less so than its Italian relative, Amphistium.[1][2]
Heteronectes is found in the early to middle Eocene of France.
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