Aluterus Cloquet 1816 (Leatherjacket)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae

Parent taxon: Monacanthidae according to K. Matsuura 2015

See also Hastings and Dooley 2017 and Purdy et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Amanses, Frigocanthus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Peru (2 collections), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Peru (1), United States (2: North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Miocene of United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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