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Tetraodontoidei

Tetraodontiformes

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YearName and author
1987Tetraodontoidei Kumar and Loyal p. 74
2002Tetraodontoidei Dica p. 40
2003Tetraodontoidei Santini and Tyler p. 603
2012Tetraodontoidei Fierstine et al. p. 164
2013Tetraodontoidei Betancur et al.
2014Tetraodontoidei Bannikov p. 30
2016Tetraodontoidei Close et al. p. 502
2017Tetraodontoidei Bannikov et al. p. 133
2025Tetraodontoidei Cicimurri et al. p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
suborderTetraodontoidei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Fm. †Avitoplectidae Bemis et al. 2017
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G. †Avitoplectus Bemis et al. 2017
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†Avitoplectus molaris Bemis et al. 2017
Fm. †Balkariidae Bannikov et al. 2017
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G. †Balkaria Bannikov et al. 2017
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†Balkaria histiopterygia Bannikov et al. 2017
G. †Ctenoplectus Close et al. 2016
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†Ctenoplectus williamsi Close et al. 2016
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G. Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville 1846
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†Chilomycterus acanthodes Sauvage 1870
†Chilomycterus dzonotensis Cantalice et al. 2025
†Chilomycterus schoepfi Walbaum 1792
G. Diodon Linnaeus 1758
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†Diodon circumflexus Leriche 1942
†Diodon connewarrensis Chapman and Pritchard 1907
†Diodon erinaceus Agassiz 1844
†Diodon formosus Chapman and Pritchard 1907
†Diodon kugleri Casier 1958
†Diodon scillae Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Megalurites nitidum Costa 1864 [synonym]
†Diodon tenuispinus Agassiz 1833
†Diodon vetus Leidy 1855
Invalid names: Megalurites Costa 1864 [synonym]
G. †Heptadiodon Bronn 1855
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†Heptadiodon echinus Heckel 1853
G. †Prodiodon
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†Prodiodon erinaceus Agassiz 1844
†Prodiodon tenuispinus Agassiz 1833
G. †Progymnodon Dames 1883
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G. †Pshekhadiodon Bannikov and Tyler 1997
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†Pshekhadiodon parini Bannikov and Tyler 1997
G. †Zignodon Tyler and Santini 2002
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†Zignodon fornasieroae Tyler and Santini 2002
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G. †Archaeotetraodon Carnevale and Santini 2006
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†Archaeotetraodon bannikovi Carnevale and Tyler 2010
†Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni Carnevale and Santini 2006
†Archaeotetraodon dicarloi Carnevale and Tyler 2010
†Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi Tyler and Bannikov 1994
†Archaeotetraodon zafaranai Carnevale and Tyler 2010
G. †Eotetraodon Tyler 1980
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†Eotetraodon gornylutshensis Bannikov and Tyler 2008
†Eotetraodon pygmaeus Zigno 1887
†Eotetraodon tavernei Tyler and Bannikov 2013
G. †Leithaodon Carnevale and Tyler 2015
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†Leithaodon sandroi Carnevale and Tyler 2015
G. Sphoeroides Lacépède 1798
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†Sphoeroides hyperostosus Tyler et al. 1992
G. Tetraodon Linnaeus 1758
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†Tetraodon scillae Lawley 1876
†Tetrodon pygmaeus Zigno 1887
Invalid names: Gymnodontidae Cuvier 1817 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eoplectoidea [empty], Moloidea [empty], Tetraodontoidea [empty], Triodontoidea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available