Eotetraodon

Eotetraodon is an extinct genus of prehistoric pufferfish 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] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of E. pygmaeus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Tetraodontidae
Genus:	†Eotetraodon Tyler, 1980
Type species
Eotetraodon pygmaeus Zigno, 1887
Species
E. gornylutshensis E. pygmaeus E. tavernei

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. S2CID 84830626.