Grypodon (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - 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

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Type: Ancistrodon texanus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Subathu-Garkhal road (Eocene to Eocene of India)

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