†family Bolcabalistidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Bolcabalistidae
Parent taxon: Tetraodontiformes according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Bannikov 2014, Santini and Tyler 2003 and Tyler and Santini 2002
Sister taxa: Alutera, Aracanidae, Atlanticopristis, Balistoidei, Cretazeus, Eodiodon, Eoplectidae, Indotrigonodon, Kyrtogymnodon, Moloidei, Oligodiodon, Ostracioidea, Ostracioidei, Pisdurodon, Plectocretacicoidei, Plectocretacicus, Protobalistidae, Tetraodontoidei, Triacanthodoidei, Triacanthoidei, Trigonodontoidae, Triodontidae, Zignoichthyidae
Subtaxa: Bolcabalistes Eospinus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences