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Tetraodon

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Taxonomy
Tetraodon was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Tetraodontidae.

It was assigned to Tetradontiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tetraodontidae by Zigno (1887), Schultz (1978), Matsuura (2015).

Species
T. scillae, Tetrodon pygmaeus
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. lecointrae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetraodon Linnaeus p. 332
1887Tetrodon Zigno
1978Tetraodon Schultz p. 214
2002Tetraodon Sepkoski
2015Tetraodon Matsuura

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyTetraodontidae
genusTetraodon

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. Tetraodon Linnaeus 1758
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†Tetraodon scillae Lawley 1876
†Tetrodon pygmaeus Zigno 1887
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 Langhian to the top of the Calabrian or 15.98000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda T. sp. (22344 22400 22433)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France Tetrodon lecointrae (187577)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France T. lecointrae, T. sp. (90354)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia (Bratislava) T. scillae (161996)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Portugal Tetrodon lecointrei (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) T. sp. (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda T. sp. (22345)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad T. sp. (59839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya T. sp. (22240) Tetrodon sp. (21406)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Angola Tetrodon sp. (154111)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya T. sp. (22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda T. sp. (22207 22209 22211)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Uganda T. sp. (22244)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21398 21418 21420)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21421)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21368 21507)