Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Full reference: J. C. Tyler and F. Santini. 2002. Review and reconstructions of the tetraodontiform fishes from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy, with comments on related Tertiary taxa. Studi e Ricerche sui Giacimenti Terzari di Bolca. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 9:47-119
Parent taxon: Diodontidae according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Bannikov 2014 and Tyler and Santini 2002
Sister taxa: Chilomycterus, Diodon, Heptadiodon, Prodiodon, Progymnodon, Pshekhadiodon
Subtaxa: Zignodon fornasieroae
Type: Zignodon fornasieroae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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