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Diodon circumflexus

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Diodon circumflexus was named by Leriche (1942). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kingsford Mine (Younger), which is in a Tortonian/Zanclean terrestrial sandstone in the Bone Valley Formation of Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. ferreirai, D. hystrix, D. sinhaleyus, D. stenodus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Diodon circumflexus Leriche

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidaeBillberg 1833
genusDiodonLinnaeus 1758
speciescircumflexus

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.

†Diodon circumflexus Leriche 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) Diodon circumflexus (type locality: 18548)