†Grypodon (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Synonym: Ancistrodon Roemer 1849 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Balistidae according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Balistes, Balistomorphus, Gornylistes, Oligobalistes
Subtaxa: Grypodon texanus
Type: Ancistrodon texanus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Subathu-Garkhal road (Eocene to Eocene of India)
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