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Tetraodontidae

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Gymnodontes Hay p. 408
1911Gymnodontes Jaekel p. 99
1963Gymnodontes Jordan p. 740
1963Tetraodontidae Jordan p. 740
1996Tetraodontidae Tyler and Sorbini p. 36
2001Tetraodontidae Purdy et al. p. 186
2003Tetraodontidae Santini and Tyler p. 603
2006Tetraodontidae Carnevale and Santini
2012Tetraodontidae Fierstine et al. p. 164
2013Tetraodontidae Betancur et al.
2014Tetraodontidae Bannikov p. 30
2014Tetraodontidae Carnevale et al. p. 45
2016Tetraodontidae Nelson et al. p. 524

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyTetraodontidae
familyTetraodontidae

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.

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G. †Archaeotetraodon Carnevale and Santini 2006
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Archaeotetraodon bannikovi Carnevale and Tyler 2010
Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni Carnevale and Santini 2006
Archaeotetraodon dicarloi Carnevale and Tyler 2010
Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi Tyler and Bannikov 1994
Archaeotetraodon zafaranai Carnevale and Tyler 2010
G. †Eotetraodon Tyler 1980
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Eotetraodon gornylutshensis Bannikov and Tyler 2008
Eotetraodon pygmaeus Zigno 1887
Eotetraodon tavernei Tyler and Bannikov 2013
G. †Leithaodon Carnevale and Tyler 2015
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Leithaodon sandroi Carnevale and Tyler 2015
G. Sphoeroides Lacépède 1798
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Sphoeroides hyperostosus Tyler et al. 1992
G. Tetraodon Linnaeus 1758
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Tetraodon scillae Lawley 1876
Tetrodon pygmaeus Zigno 1887
Invalid names: Gymnodontidae Cuvier 1817 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Eotetraodon pygmaeus, Eotetraodon tavernei (94830) Tetraodontidae indet., Eotetraodon pygmaeus (55239)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Tetraodontidae indet. (200654)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Krasnodar) Eotetraodon gornylutshensis (187028)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Algeria (Sid Bel Abbes) Archaeotetraodon cerrinaferoni (133612)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22344 22400 22433)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Tetrodon lecointrae (187577)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Tetraodon lecointrae, Tetraodon sp. (90354)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Italy Archaeotetraodon sp., Archaeotetraodon dicarloi (185486)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Tetraodontidae indet. (58983)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Tetraodon scillae (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Leithaodon sandroi (90487)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy Archaeotetraodon zafaranai (117525)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Tetraodon sp. (162678)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Tetrodon lecointrei (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22345)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Tetraodontidae indet. (24181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Archaeotetraodon bannikovi (186575) Archaeotetraodon zafaranai (219787) Tetraodontidae indet. (210240)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Sphoeroides sp. (179732)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Tetraodon sp. (59839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Tetraodon sp. (22240) Tetrodon sp. (21406)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Sphoeroides hyperostosus (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Tetrodon sp. (154111)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Tetraodon sp. (22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22209 22211)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Tetraodon sp. (22207)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Uganda Tetraodon sp. (22244)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Tetraodontidae indet. (22712)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21398 21418 21420)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21421)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Tetrodon sp. (21368 21507)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tetraodontidae indet. (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Sphoeroides hyperostosus (188304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Tetraodontidae indet. (194995 194997)