†Archaeotetraodon Carnevale and Santini 2006 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Full reference: G. Carnevale and F. Santini. 2006. Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni, sp. nov. (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae), from the Miocene (Messinian) of Chelif Basin, Algeria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):815-821

Parent taxon: Tetraodontidae according to G. Carnevale and J. C. Tyler 2010

See also Carnevale 2007 and Carnevale and Santini 2006

Sister taxa: Eotetraodon, Leithaodon, Sphoeroides, Tetraodon, Canthigasteridae, Diodontoidea

Subtaxa: Archaeotetraodon bannikovi Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni Archaeotetraodon dicarloi Archaeotetraodon jamestyleri Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi Archaeotetraodon zafaranai

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Italy (4)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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