Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville 1846 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Parent taxon: Diodontidae according to K. Matsuura 2015
See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Dica 2002, Purdy et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Diodon, Heptadiodon, Prodiodon, Progymnodon, Pshekhadiodon, Zignodon
Subtaxa: Chilomycterus acanthodes Chilomycterus schoepfi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Italy (2), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
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