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Diodontidae

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Diodontidae Billberg
1902Diodontidae Hay p. 408
1955Eodiodontidae Tavani p. 178
1955Progymnodontinae Tavani p. 178
1963Diodontidae Jordan p. 741
1981Diodontidae Thurmond and Jones p. 108
1987Diodontidae Kumar and Loyal p. 75
1996Diodontidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36
2001Diodontidae Purdy et al. p. 187
2002Diodontidae Dica p. 40
2003Diodontidae Santini and Tyler p. 603
2009Pshekhadiodontinae Bannikov and Tyler p. 703
2013Diodontidae Betancur et al.
2014Diodontidae Bannikov p. 30
2014Diodontidae Carnevale et al. p. 45
2016Diodontidae Nelson et al. p. 526
2018Diodontidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 199
2019Diodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 182
2019Diodontidae van der Laan p. 83
2025Diodontidae Cantalice et al. p. 19

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

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. Diodontidae Billberg 1833
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G. Chilomycterus Brisout de Barneville 1846
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†Chilomycterus acanthodes Sauvage 1870
†Chilomycterus dzonotensis Cantalice et al. 2025
†Chilomycterus schoepfi Walbaum 1792
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]
G. †Eodiodon Casier 1952
G. †Heptadiodon Bronn 1855
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†Heptadiodon echinus Heckel 1853
G. †Prodiodon
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†Prodiodon erinaceus Agassiz 1844
†Prodiodon tenuispinus Agassiz 1833
G. †Progymnodon Dames 1883
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G. †Pshekhadiodon Bannikov and Tyler 1997
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†Pshekhadiodon parini Bannikov and Tyler 1997
G. †Zignodon Tyler and Santini 2002
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†Zignodon fornasieroae Tyler and Santini 2002
Invalid names: Eodiodontidae Tavani 1955 [synonym], Progymnodontinae Tavani 1955 [invalid subgroup], Pshekhadiodontinae Bannikov and Tyler 2009 [invalid subgroup]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 59.24000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Progymnodon hilgendorfi (152240)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Prodiodon tenuispinus, Prodiodon erinaceus, Heptadiodon echinus, Zignodon fornasieroae (94830) Prodiodon tenuispinus, Prodiodon erinaceus, Heptadiodon echinus, Zignodon fornasieroae, Pshekhadiodon parini (55239)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Himachal Pradesh) Diodon sp. (31267)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Diodon sp. (71438)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Diodontidae indet. (49882)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Diodon sp. (16848) Progymnodon hilgendorphi (81266 81278 176944)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Diodon sp. (61249)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Barbados Diodon sp. (220735)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186846 186847 186851)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Diodon sp. (75638)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (186845 186852)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Barbados Diodon sp. (205153)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Diodon sp. (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation Diodontidae indet. (186469)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (17341)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (South Carolina) Diodontidae indet. (97550)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Diodon ferreirai (65162 112591)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (174213)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil Diodon ferreirai (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Diodon sp. (65798 87721)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Orissa) Diodon sp. (42842)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfii (48887)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Diodon vetus (18506)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Sri Lanka Diodon sinhaleyus (13449)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Chilomycterus sp., Diodon sp. (70814)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Balochistan) Diodontidae indet. (77783)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Mallorca) Diodon vetus (155253)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (46165)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Diodontidae indet. (52183)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Sri Lanka (Puttalam) Diodon sinhaleyus (14149)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Diodon sp. (51397)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Chilomycterus sp. (126605)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Chilomycterus sp. (18554)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Chilomycterus sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Diodontidae indet. (168017)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Diodontidae indet. (200110 200111)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Mexico (Yucatan) Chilomycterus dzonotensis (239046)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6USA (Florida) Diodon circumflexus (18548)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Diodon sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Diodon acanthodes, Chilomycterus acanthodes (185692)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Chilomycterus acanthodes (186582 186585)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Diodon formosus (154112)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Diodon formosus (50343)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (46369)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Libya Diodon sp. (136597)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfi (52582)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Chilomycterus schoepfi (188304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Chilomycterus sp. (50523)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Diodon sp. (20400) Diodontidae indet. (58089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Diodontidae indet. (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Diodontidae indet. (187584)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Diodontidae indet. (194995 194997 194999)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Diodon spp., Diodon hystrix (209855)