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Diodontidae

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Diodontidae Hay p. 408
1963Diodontidae Jordan p. 741
1981Diodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 108
1987Diodontidae Kumar and Loyal p. 75
1996Diodontidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36
2001Diodontidae Purdy et al. p. 187
2002Diodontidae Dica p. 40
2003Diodontidae Santini and Tyler p. 603
2013Diodontidae Betancur et al.
2014Diodontidae Bannikov p. 30
2014Diodontidae Carnevale et al. p. 45
2016Diodontidae Nelson et al. p. 526
2018Diodontidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 199
2019Diodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 182

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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
familyDiodontidae

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. Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville 1846
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†Chilomycterus acanthodes Sauvage 1870
†Chilomycterus schoepfi Walbaum 1792
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]
G. †Heptadiodon Bronn 1855
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†Heptadiodon echinus Heckel 1853
G. †Prodiodon
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†Prodiodon erinaceus Agassiz 1844
†Prodiodon tenuispinus Agassiz 1833
G. †Progymnodon Dames 1883
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G. †Pshekhadiodon Bannikov and Tyler 1997
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†Pshekhadiodon parini Bannikov and Tyler 1997
G. †Zignodon Tyler and Santini 2002
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†Zignodon fornasieroae Tyler and Santini 2002
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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): 55.8 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Progymnodon hilgendorfi (152240)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) Diodon sp. (31267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Prodiodon tenuispinus, Prodiodon erinaceus, Heptadiodon echinus, Zignodon fornasieroae (94830) Prodiodon tenuispinus, Prodiodon erinaceus, Heptadiodon echinus, Zignodon fornasieroae, Pshekhadiodon parini (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Diodon sp. (71438)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186852)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Diodontidae indet. (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Diodon sp. (16848) Progymnodon hilgendorphi (81266 81278 176944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Diodon sp. (61249)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186845)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Diodon sp. (75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados Diodon sp. (205153)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186846 186847 186851)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Barbados Diodon sp. (220735)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Diodon sp. (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Georgia Diodontidae indet. (186469)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (17341)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Diodontidae indet. (97550)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Diodon ferreirai (65162 112591)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Diodon ferreirai (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Diodon sp. (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Diodon sp. (65798 87721)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (174213)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfii (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Diodon vetus (18506)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Sri Lanka Diodon sinhaleyus (13449)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Mallorca) Diodon vetus (155253)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Chilomycterus sp., Diodon sp. (70814)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Diodontidae indet. (77783)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) Diodon sinhaleyus (14149)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Diodontidae indet. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (46165)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Diodon sp. (51397)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Chilomycterus sp. (126605)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Chilomycterus sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Chilomycterus sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Diodontidae indet. (200110 200111)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Diodontidae indet. (168017)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Diodon circumflexus (18548)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Diodon acanthodes, Chilomycterus acanthodes (185692)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Diodon sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Chilomycterus acanthodes (186582 186585)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (154112)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Diodon formosus (50343)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (46369)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Diodon sp. (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfi (52582)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Chilomycterus sp. (50523)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (20400) Diodontidae indet. (58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Diodontidae indet. (187584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfi (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Diodontidae indet. (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Diodon spp., Diodon hystrix (209855)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Diodontidae indet. (194995 194997 194999)