Eotetraodon

Eotetraodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric puffer fish that lived during the Lutetian epoch of middle Eocene.[1] Fossil specimens are from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten (E. pygmaeus), and the Kuma Horizon of the Gorny Luch locality, from the North Caucasus (E. gornylutshensis).[2]

Eotetraodon
Temporal range: Lutetian[1]
Reconstruction of E. pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Tetraodontidae
Genus:
Eotetraodon
Type species
Eotetraodon pygmaeus
Species
  • E. pygmaeus
  • E. gornylutshensis

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Bannikov, A. F.; Tyler, J. C. (2008). "A new species of the pufferfish Eotetraodon (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) from the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus". Paleontological Journal. 42 (5): 526–530. doi:10.1134/S0031030108050080.


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