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Protobalistidae
Taxonomy
Protobalistidae is a family.
It was assigned to Ostracioidea by Santini and Tyler (2003); to Balistoidei by Tyler and Santini (2002), Bannikov (2014); and to Tetraodontiformes by Carnevale et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Ostracioidea by Santini and Tyler (2003); to Balistoidei by Tyler and Santini (2002), Bannikov (2014); and to Tetraodontiformes by Carnevale et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Protobalistidae Tyler and Santini p. 59 |
| 2003 | Protobalistidae Santini and Tyler p. 603 |
| 2014 | Protobalistidae Bannikov p. 30 |
| 2014 | Protobalistidae Carnevale et al. p. 45 |
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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.
Fm. †Protobalistidae
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G. †Spinacanthus Agassiz 1835
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†Spinacanthus blennioides Agassiz 1835
†Spinacanthus cuneiformis Blainville 1818
†Spinacanthus imperiale Massalongo 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||