Family Balistidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 132676
Parent taxon: Balistoidei according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Balistoidea, Bolcabalistoidea, Eotrigonodontidae, Moclaybalistoidea, Monacanthidae, Triacanthoidea
Subtaxa: Balistes, Balistomorphus, Gornylistes, Grypodon, Oligobalistes
Ecology: nektonic carnivore