Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Full reference: K. M. Cantalice, H. E. Salgado-Garrido, E. Sosa-Rodríguez, K. Vilchis-Zapata, and G. González-Barba Underwater Archaeological Atlas. 2025. Underwater paleontology inside cenotes reveals the Miocene-Pliocene fish diversity in the Yucatan Peninsula, southeast Mexico. PLOS ONE 20(2):e0315382
Belongs to Chilomycterus according to K. M. Cantalice et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Chilomycterus acanthodes, Chilomycterus schoepfi
Type specimen: IGM 13934, a partial skull (pre maxilla). Its type locality is Cenote X-Nabuy, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine limestone in the Carrillo Puerto Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cenote X-Nabuy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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