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Balistes
Taxonomy
Balistes was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Balistidae by de Beaufort (1926), Arambourg (1927), Casier (1958), Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea (2003), Schultz (2004), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Matsuura (2015).
It was assigned to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Balistidae by de Beaufort (1926), Arambourg (1927), Casier (1958), Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea (2003), Schultz (2004), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Matsuura (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Balistes Linnaeus p. 327 |
| 1926 | Balistes de Beaufort p. 142 |
| 1927 | Balistes Arambourg p. 217 |
| 1958 | Balistes Casier p. 74 |
| 2002 | Balistes Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Balistes Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 126 |
| 2004 | Balistes Schultz p. 346 |
| 2012 | Balistes Fierstine et al. p. 163 |
| 2015 | Balistes Matsuura |
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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.
G. Balistes Linnaeus 1758
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†Balistes crassidens Casier 1958
†Balistes dubius Blainville 1818
†Balistes lerichei Bauzà 1949
†Balistes muensteri Schultz 2004
Balistes polylepis Steindachner 1876 [finescale triggerfish]
†Balistes procapriscus Arambourg 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Costa Rica | B. sp. (187875) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia (Maros) | B. sp. (187654) | |
| Burdigalian | Spain (Mallorca) | B. lerichei (155253) | |
| Langhian | Austria | B. muensteri (210156) | |
| Badenian | Czech Republic (Mikulov) | B. muensteri (161993) | |
| Badenian | Poland | B. sp. (162017) | |
| Sarmatian | Austria | B. muensteri (70504) | |
| Tortonian | Venezuela | B. sp. (200110) | |
| Tortonian | Slovakia | B. muensteri (123209) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | B. procapriscus (186582) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Florida) | B. sp. (46369) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | B. sp. (20400) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | B. sp. (20604) |