Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes

Full reference: F. Santini and J. C. Tyler. 2003. A phylogeny of the families of fossil and extant tetraodontiform fishes (Acanthomorpha, Tetraodontiformes), Upper Cretaceous to Recent. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139(4):565-617

Parent taxon: Balistoidei according to F. Santini and J. C. Tyler 2003

Sister taxa: Balistidae, Balistoidea, Bolcabalistoidea, Eotrigonodontidae, Monacanthidae, Triacanthoidea

Subtaxa: Moclaybalistidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca (Canossa collection) (Eocene of Italy)

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