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Diodon formosus

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Diodon formosus was named by Chapman and Pritchard (1907).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Diodon formosus Chapman and Pritchard
1924Diodon formosus Chapman and Cudmore p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidaeBillberg 1833
genusDiodonLinnaeus 1758
speciesformosusChapman and Pritchard 1907

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.

Diodon formosus Chapman and Pritchard 1907
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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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Zanclean or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (174213)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (46165)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (154112)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Diodon formosus (50343)