Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae
Parent taxon: Ostracioidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Ebersole et al. 2019, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Santini and Tyler 2003, Schwarzhans 2003, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Tyler and Gregorovå 1991, Tyler and Santini 2002, Tyler and Sorbini 1996, Weems 1998 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Eolactoria Lactophrys Oligolactoria Ostracion
Type: Ostracion
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (4 collections), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), United States (1: Georgia)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (10: Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences