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Diodon

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Diodon Linnaeus
1835Diodon Agassiz p. 38ff
1864Megalurites Costa p. 155
1902Diodon Hay p. 408
1904Diodon Eastman p. 34
1924Diodon Chapman and Cudmore p. 146
1942Diodon Leriche p. 95
1958Diodon Casier p. 42
1968Diodon Deraniyagala p. 95
1981Diodon Thurmond and Jones p. 108
1987Diodon Kumar and Loyal p. 75
2002Diodon Sepkoski
2003Diodon Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 124
2015Diodon Matsuura

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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
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidae
genusDiodonLinnaeus 1758

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.

G. Diodon Linnaeus 1758
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Diodon circumflexus Leriche 1942
Diodon connewarrensis Chapman and Pritchard 1907
Diodon erinaceus Agassiz 1844
Diodon formosus Chapman and Pritchard 1907
Diodon kugleri Casier 1958
Diodon scillae Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Megalurites nitidum Costa 1864 [synonym]
Diodon tenuispinus Agassiz 1833
Diodon vetus Leidy 1855
Invalid names: Megalurites Costa 1864 [synonym]
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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) D. sp. (31267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) D. sp. (71438)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) D. sp. (16848)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) D. sp. (61249)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) D. sp. (75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados D. sp. (205153)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Barbados D. sp. (220735)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France D. sp. (69805)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) D. sp. (17341)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil D. ferreirai (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) D. formosus (174213)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) D. ferreirai (65162 112591)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) D. sp. (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) D. sp. (65798 87721)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Sri Lanka D. sinhaleyus (13449)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) D. vetus (18506)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy D. sp. (70814)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Mallorca) D. vetus (155253)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) D. formosus (46165)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) D. sinhaleyus (14149)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) D. sp. (51397)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) D. circumflexus (18548)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) D. sp. (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) D. sp. (179732)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) D. formosus (154112)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) D. formosus (50343)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) D. sp. (46369)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya D. sp. (136597)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) D. sp. (20400)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands D. spp., D. hystrix (209855)