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Diodon

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy

Diodon was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Diodontoidea.

It was assigned to Gymnodontes by Agassiz (1835); to Gymnodontidae by Eastman (1904), Chapman and Cudmore (1924) and Leriche (1942); to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diodontidae by Hay (1902), Casier (1958), Deraniyagala (1968), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Kumar and Loyal (1987), Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea (2003) and Matsuura (2015).

Species

D. circumflexus, D. connewarrensis, D. erinaceus, D. formosus, D. kugleri, D. scillae (syn. Megalurites nitidum), D. tenuispinus, D. vetus

Synonyms

Megalurites was named by Costa (1864).

It was synonymized subjectively with Diodon by Woodward (1901).

It was assigned to Trilobita by Costa (1864).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Diodon Linnaeus
1835	Diodon Agassiz p. 38ff
1864	Megalurites Costa p. 155
1902	Diodon Hay p. 408
1904	Diodon Eastman p. 34
1924	Diodon Chapman and Cudmore p. 146
1942	Diodon Leriche p. 95
1958	Diodon Casier p. 42
1968	Diodon Deraniyagala p. 95
1981	Diodon Thurmond and Jones p. 108
1987	Diodon Kumar and Loyal p. 75
2002	Diodon Sepkoski
2003	Diodon Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 124
2015	Diodon Matsuura

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Teleocephala	de Pinna 1996

Rank	Name	Author
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Euteleosteomorpha
—	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
—	Eurypterygia	(Rosen 1973)
—	Ctenosquamata
—	Acanthomorphata	(Rosen 1973)
—	Euacanthomorphacea
—	Percomorphaceae
—	Percomorpharia
order	Tetraodontiformes	Berg 1940
suborder	Tetraodontoidei
family	Diodontidae
genus	Diodon	Linnaeus 1758

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. 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]

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	India (Gujarat)	D. sp. (71438)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	India (Himachal Pradesh)	D. sp. (31267)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	D. sp. (16848)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Mississippi)	D. sp. (61249)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	D. sp. (75638)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Barbados	D. sp. (205153)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Barbados	D. sp. (220735)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	France	D. sp. (69805)
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (Florida)	D. sp. (17341)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	India (Orissa)	D. sp. (42842)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	India (Gujarat)	D. sp. (65798 87721)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Australia (Victoria)	D. formosus (174213)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil (Para)	D. ferreirai (65162 112591)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil	D. ferreirai (112581)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	USA (South Carolina)	D. vetus (18506)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Sri Lanka	D. sinhaleyus (13449)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Italy	D. sp. (70814)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Spain (Mallorca)	D. vetus (155253)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Sri Lanka (Puttalam)	D. sinhaleyus (14149)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Australia (Victoria)	D. formosus (46165)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Australia (Victoria)	D. sp. (51397)
Tortonian - Zanclean	11.62 - 3.6	USA (Florida)	D. circumflexus (18548)
Hemphillian	10.3 - 4.9	USA (Florida)	D. sp. (18556)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	USA (Virginia)	D. sp. (179732)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Australia (Victoria)	D. formosus (154112)
Messinian - Piacenzian	7.246 - 2.588	Australia (South Australia)	D. formosus (50343)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (Florida)	D. sp. (46369)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Libya	D. sp. (136597)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Florida)	D. sp. (20400)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Turks and Caicos Islands	D. spp., D. hystrix (209855)