Iraniplectus

Iraniplectus
Temporal range: Rupelian
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Acanthomorpha
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Superfamily: Tetraodontoidea
Family: Zignoichthydae
Genus: Iraniplectus
Tyler, Mirzaie & Nazemi 2006
Species: Iraniplectus 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.

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