Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes
Parent taxon: Tetraodontiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Alutera, Aracanidae, Atlanticopristis, Balistoidei, Bolcabalistidae, Eoplectidae, Indotrigonodon, Kyrtogymnodon, Oligodiodon, Ostracioidea, Ostracioidei, Pisdurodon, Plectocretacicoidei, Protobalistidae, Tetraodontoidei, Triacanthodoidei, Triacanthoidei, Trigonodontoidae, Triodontidae, Zignoichthyidae
Subtaxa: Molidae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (6: Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences