Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Synonym: Megalurites Costa 1864
Parent taxon: Diodontidae according to K. Matsuura 2015
See also Agassiz 1835, Casier 1958, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Costa 1864, Deraniyagala 1968, Eastman 1904, Hay 1902, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Leriche 1942, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Vicens and RodrÃguez-Perea 2003 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Chilomycterus, Heptadiodon, Prodiodon, Progymnodon, Pshekhadiodon, Zignodon
Subtaxa: Diodon circumflexus Diodon connewarrensis Diodon erinaceus Diodon formosus Diodon kugleri Diodon scillae Diodon tenuispinus Diodon vetus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Turks and Caicos Islands (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Libya (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Brazil (3), India (3), Italy (1), Spain (1), Sri Lanka (2), United States (2: South Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of France (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Barbados (2), India (2), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
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