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Grypodon

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae

Taxonomy
Grypodon is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ancistrodon texanus.

It was assigned to Balistidae by Hay (1902); and to Pycnodontiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
G. texanus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Ancistrodon Roemer
1902Grypodon Hay p. 408
2002Grypodon Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderBalistoidei
familyBalistidae
genusGrypodon

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. †Grypodon
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†Grypodon texanus Dames 1883
Invalid names: Ancistrodon Roemer 1849 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available