Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Parent taxon: Diodontidae according to K. Matsuura 2015
See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Cantalice et al. 2025, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Dica 2002, Purdy et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Diodon, Heptadiodon, Prodiodon, Progymnodon, Pshekhadiodon, Zignodon
Subtaxa: Chilomycterus acanthodes Chilomycterus dzonotensis Chilomycterus schoepfi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Italy (2), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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