Leithaodon Carnevale and Tyler 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Full reference: G. Carnevale and J. C. Tyler. 2015. A new pufferfish (Teleostei, Tetraodontidae) from the Middle Miocene of St. Margarethen, Austria. Paläontologische Zeitschrift (89)435-447

Parent taxon: Tetraodontidae according to G. Carnevale and J. C. Tyler 2015

Sister taxa: Archaeotetraodon, Eotetraodon, Sphoeroides, Tetraodon, Canthigasteridae, Diodontoidea

Subtaxa: Leithaodon sandroi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at St. Margarethen, Vienna Basin (Miocene of Austria)

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