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Iraniplectus

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Iraniplectus
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Tetraodontoidea
Genus: Iraniplectus
Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006[1]
Species:
I. bakhtiari
Binomial name
Iraniplectus bakhtiari
Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006

Iraniplectus bakhtiari is an extinct relative of modern-day pufferfish and porcupine fish from the Middle Oligocene of Iran. It is closely related to the Eocene Zignoichthys.

References

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  1. ^ Tyler, J.C.; Mirzaie, M.; Nazemi, A. (2006). New genus and species of basal tetraodontoid puffer fish from the Oligocene of Iran, related to the Zignoichthyidae (Tetraodontiformes). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Geologia Paleontologia Preistoria, 30, 49-58