†family Zignoichthyidae (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Zignoichthyidae
Parent taxon: Tetraodontiformes according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Bannikov 2014, Tyler and Santini 2002 and Tyler and Sorbini 1996
Sister taxa: Alutera, Aracanidae, Atlanticopristis, Balistoidei, Bolcabalistidae, Cretazeus, Eodiodon, Eoplectidae, Indotrigonodon, Kyrtogymnodon, Moloidei, Oligodiodon, Ostracioidea, Ostracioidei, Pisdurodon, Plectocretacicoidei, Plectocretacicus, Protobalistidae, Tetraodontoidei, Triacanthodoidei, Triacanthoidei, Trigonodontoidae, Triodontidae
Subtaxa: Zignoichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence