After Carroll, 1988, Nelson, 1994, and Tyler & Sorbini, 1996, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Tetraodontiformes [Plectognathi] (jäykkäleukakalat) [circa 320 species] |--o †Plectocretacicoidea Tyler & Sorbini, 1996 | |-- †Cretatriacanthus guidottii Tyler & Sorbini, 1996 U. Cret. Eu. [Cretatriacanthidae Tyler & Sorbini, 1996] | `--+-- †Plectocretacicus clarae Sorbini, 1979 U. Cret. Eu. [Plectocretacidae Tyler & Sorbini, 1996] | `-- †Protriacanthus gortanii d'Erasmo, 1946 U. Cret. Eu. [Protriacanthidae Tyler & Sorbini, 1996] `--+?- †Cryptobalistes Olig. Eu. |--o Triacanthoidei [Triacanthoidea] (spikefishes & triplespines; vaarnakalamaiset) | |-- Triacanthidae (naulakalat; triplespines) | `-- Triacanthodidae sensu Tyler, 1980 (vaarnakalat; spikefishes) [Nelson: 11/20] [Fishbase: 11/21] `--o Tetraodontoidei (pufferfishes; pallokalamaiset) |-- Balistoidea (triggerfishes and relatives; säppikalansukuiset) `-- Tetraodontoidea [Gymnodontes] (pufferfishes and relatives; pallokalansukuiset)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - Tyler, J. C. & Sorbini, L., 1996: New superfamily and three new families of tetraodontiformfishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The earliest and most morphologically primitive plectognaths.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 82, pp. vi-59