Diodon circumflexus Leriche 1942 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Full reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111

Belongs to Diodon according to M. Leriche 1942

Sister taxa: Diodon connewarrensis, Diodon erinaceus, Diodon formosus, Diodon kugleri, Diodon scillae, Diodon tenuispinus, Diodon vetus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kingsford Mine (Younger), which is in a Tortonian/Zanclean terrestrial sandstone in the Bone Valley Formation of Florida

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kingsford Mine (Younger)

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