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Balistidae

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Balistidae Hay p. 407
1960Balistidae Danil'chenko p. 173
1963Balistidae Jordan p. 739
1996Balistidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36
2002Balistidae Tyler and Santini p. 71
2003Balistidae Santini and Tyler p. 603
2004Balistidae Schultz p. 346
2012Balistidae Fierstine et al. p. 163
2013Balistidae Betancur et al.
2016Balistidae Nelson et al. p. 522
2019Balistidae Ebersole et al. p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderBalistoidei
familyBalistidae
familyBalistidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Balistes Linnaeus 1758
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†Balistes crassidens Casier 1958
†Balistes dubius Blainville 1818
†Balistes lerichei Bauzà 1949
†Balistes muensteri Schultz 2004
Balistes polylepis Steindachner 1876 [finescale triggerfish]
†Balistes procapriscus Arambourg 1927
G. †Balistomorphus Gill 1888
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†Balistomorphus ovalis Agassiz 1842
†Balistomorphus spinosus Agassiz 1842
G. †Gornylistes Bannikov and Tyler 2008
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†Gornylistes prodigiosus Bannikov and Tyler 2008
G. †Grypodon
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†Grypodon texanus Dames 1883
Invalid names: Ancistrodon Roemer 1849 [replaced]
G. †Oligobalistes Danil'chenko 1960
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†Oligobalistes robustus Danil'chenko 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Oligobalistes robustus, Balistomorphus ovalis, Balistomorphus spinosus, Balistomorphus orbiculatus (55239)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3India Ancistrodon sp. (94595)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Krasnodar) Gornylistes prodigiosus (187028)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Balistidae indet. (176944)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Russian Federation (Adygeia) Oligobalistes robustus (105572)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Maros) Balistes sp. (187654)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Costa Rica Balistes sp. (187875)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Mallorca) Balistes lerichei (155253)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Balistes muensteri (210156)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Balistidae indet. (52183)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Balistes muensteri (161993)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Balistes sp. (162017)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Balistes muensteri (70504)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Balistes sp. (200110)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Slovakia Balistes muensteri (123209)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Balistes procapriscus (186582)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Balistidae indet. (13079)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Balistidae indet. (100313)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Balistes sp. (46369)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Balistes sp. (20400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Balistes sp. (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Balistidae indet. (209855)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Balistidae indet. (194995 194999)