Suborder Moloidei (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes

Parent taxon: Tetraodontiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Alutera, Aracanidae, Atlanticopristis, Balistoidei, Bolcabalistidae, Cretazeus, Eodiodon, Eoplectidae, Indotrigonodon, Kyrtogymnodon, Oligodiodon, Ostracioidea, Ostracioidei, Pisdurodon, Plectocretacicoidei, Plectocretacicus, Protobalistidae, Tetraodontoidei, Triacanthodoidei, Triacanthoidei, Trigonodontoidae, Triodontidae, Zignoichthyidae

Subtaxa: Molidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (6: Maryland, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Georgia (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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