Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Avitoplectidae

Full reference: K. E. Bemis, J. C. Tyler, W. E. Bemis, K. Kumar, R. S. Rana and T. Smith. 2017. A gymnodont fish jaw with remarkable molariform teeth from the early Eocene of Gujarat, India (Teleostei, Tetraodontiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e136944

Parent taxon: Tetraodontoidei according to K. E. Bemis et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Balkariidae, Ctenoplectus, Diodontidae, Eoplectoidea, Moloidea, Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontoidea, Triodontoidea

Subtaxa: Avitoplectus

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Type: Avitoplectus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tadkeshwar Lignite Mine (TAD-1) (Eocene of India)

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