Cryptobalistes

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Cryptobalistes
Temporal range: Early Oligocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Triacanthidae
Genus: Cryptobalistes
Tyler, 1968
Species:
C. brevis
Binomial name
Cryptobalistes brevis
(Rath, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Acanthopleurus brevis Rath, 1859

Cryptobalistes is an extinct genus of triplespine that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.[2] It contains a single species, C. brevis that inhabited the seas around what is now Canton Glarus, Switzerland. It is thought to be closely allied with another triplespine from Glarus, Acanthopleurus. Cryptobalistes, Acanthopleurus, and Protacanthodes are thought to be basal members of the Triacanthidae.[1][3][4]

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  3. ^ Tyler, James C.; Winterbottom, Richard (1999-12-01). "A review of the morphology and relationships of the Oligocene spikefish genera Acanthopleurus Agassiz 1844 and Cryptobalistes Tyler 1968 (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 73 (3): 351–367. doi:10.1007/BF02988046.
  4. ^ Santini, Francesco; Tyler, James C. (2002). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the extant species of triplespine fishes (Triacanthidae, Tetraodontiformes)". Zoologica Scripta. 31 (4): 321–330. doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00097.x. ISSN 0300-3256.