Oligobalistes Danil'chenko 1960 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae

Full reference: P. G. Danil'chenko. 1960. Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 78:1-247

Parent taxon: Balistidae according to J. C. Tyler and F. Santini 2002

See also Danil'chenko 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Balistes, Balistomorphus, Gornylistes, Grypodon

Subtaxa: Oligobalistes robustus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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