Family Aracanidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Aracanidae
Parent taxon: Tetraodontiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Santini and Tyler 2003, Tyler and Santini 2002 and Tyler and Sorbini 1996
Sister taxa: Alutera, Atlanticopristis, Balistoidei, Bolcabalistidae, Eoplectidae, Indotrigonodon, Kyrtogymnodon, Moloidei, Oligodiodon, Ostracioidea, Ostracioidei, Pisdurodon, Plectocretacicoidei, Protobalistidae, Tetraodontoidei, Triacanthodoidei, Triacanthoidei, Trigonodontoidae, Triodontidae, Zignoichthyidae
Subtaxa: Proaracana
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence