Iraniplectus
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| Iraniplectus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Tetraodontoidea |
| Genus: | †Iraniplectus Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006[1] |
| Species: | †I. bakhtiari
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| Binomial name | |
| †Iraniplectus bakhtiari Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006
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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
[edit]- ^ 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
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