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Tetraodontoidei

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes

Synonymy list
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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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
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
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Progymnodon hilgendorfi (152240)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Russian Federation (Kabardino-Balkarian) Balkaria histiopterygia (218152)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Diodon sp. (71438) Tetraodontiformes indet. (180565)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Ctenoplectus williamsi (189828)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Eotetraodon pygmaeus, Eotetraodon tavernei, Prodiodon tenuispinus, Prodiodon erinaceus, Heptadiodon echinus, Zignodon fornasieroae (94830) Tetraodontidae indet., Eotetraodon pygmaeus, Prodiodon tenuispinus, Prodiodon erinaceus, Heptadiodon echinus, Zignodon fornasieroae, Pshekhadiodon parini (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) Diodon sp. (31267)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Tetraodontidae indet. (200654)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186852)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Diodontidae indet. (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Krasnodar) Eotetraodon gornylutshensis (187028)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Diodon sp. (16848) Progymnodon hilgendorphi (81266 81278 176944)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Diodon sp. (61249)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186845)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Diodon sp. (75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Barbados Diodon sp. (205153)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186846 186847 186851)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Barbados Diodon sp. (220735)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Tetraodontoidea indet. (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Diodon sp. (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Georgia Diodontidae indet. (186469)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (17341)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Diodontidae indet. (97550)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Diodon sp. (65798 87721)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Orissa) Diodon sp. (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (174213)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Diodon ferreirai (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Diodon ferreirai (65162 112591)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfii (48887)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Diodon vetus (18506)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Sri Lanka Diodon sinhaleyus (13449)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Algeria (Sid Bel Abbes) Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni (133612)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22344 22400 22433)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Chilomycterus sp., Diodon sp. (70814)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Balochistan) Diodontidae indet. (77783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Mallorca) Diodon vetus (155253)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Tetrodon lecointrae (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Diodontidae indet. (52183)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) Diodon sinhaleyus (14149)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Tetraodon lecointrae, Tetraodon sp. (90354)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (46165)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Diodon sp. (51397)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Italy Archaeotetraodon sp., Archaeotetraodon dicarloi (185486)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Chilomycterus sp. (126605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Tetraodontidae indet. (58983)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Tetraodon scillae (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Leithaodon sandroi (90487)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Chilomycterus sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Diodontidae indet. (200110 200111)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Chilomycterus sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Diodontidae indet. (168017)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy Archaeotetraodon zafaranai (117525)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Diodon circumflexus (18548)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Tetrodon lecointrei (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Tetraodon sp. (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22345)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Mexico (Yucatan) Chilomycterus dzonotensis (239046)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Tetraodontidae indet. (24181)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Tetraodon sp. (59839)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Diodon sp., Sphoeroides sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Archaeotetraodon bannikovi (186575) Archaeotetraodon zafaranai (219787) Diodon acanthodes, Chilomycterus acanthodes (185692) Tetraodontidae indet. (210240)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Chilomycterus acanthodes (186582 186585)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (154112)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Diodon formosus (50343)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Tetraodon sp. (22240) Tetrodon sp. (21406)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Sphoeroides hyperostosus, Chilomycterus schoepfi (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (46369)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Diodon sp. (136597)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Tetrodon sp. (154111)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Tetraodon sp. (22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22209 22211)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Tetraodon sp. (22207)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22244)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Tetraodontidae indet. (22712)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21398 21418 21420)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Chilomycterus sp. (50523)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21421)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21368 21507)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (20400) Diodontidae indet. (58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Sphoeroides hyperostosus, Chilomycterus schoepfi (188304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Diodontidae indet. (187584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tetraodontidae indet., Diodontidae indet. (20604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Diodontidae indet. (194999) Tetraodontidae indet., Diodontidae indet. (194995 194997)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Diodon spp., Diodon hystrix (209855)