Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae
Full reference: G. Carnevale and J. C. Tyler. 2010. Review of the fossil pufferfish genus Archaeotetraodon (Teleostei, Tetraodontidae), with description of three new taxa from the Miocene of Italy. Geobios 43:283-304
Belongs to Archaeotetraodon according to G. Carnevale and J. C. Tyler 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeotetraodon bannikovi, Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni, Archaeotetraodon dicarloi, Archaeotetraodon jamestyleri, Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi
Type specimen: MSNTC I-15761, a skeleton. Its type locality is Monte Gibliscemi, Mazzarino, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian marine horizon in the Terravecchia Formation of Italy.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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