Palaeobalistum orbiculatum Blainville, 1818

Poyato-Ariza F. J. & Wenz S., 2002, A new insight into pycnodontiform fishes, Geodiversitas 24 (1), pp. 139-248 : 224

Palaeobalistum orbiculatum Blainville, 1818 ( Fig. 4A )

Diodon orbicularis – Volta 1809 (1796): 168, 169, pl. 40.

Palaeobalistum orbiculatum – Blainville 1818: 338, 339. — Heckel 1856 pro parte: 204, 205, 229-233, pl. 1, fig. 11a-b.

Pycnodus orbicularis – Agassiz II, pt. 1, 1833: 17; pt. II; 1843: 190, 191.

Palaeobalistum zignoi – Blot 1987: 88-90, 108-117, fig. 49, tables 9, 10, pls 30-33.

HOLOTYPE. — MNHN BOL 0523 ( Volta 1809: pl. 40; Fig. 4A ; only known specimen).

REVISED DIAGNOSIS. — As for genus (monotypic genus).

Figures

FIG. 4. — Forms previously referred to the genus Palaeobalistum Blainville, 1818; A, P. orbiculatum Blainville, 1818, type species, holotype, MNHN BOL 0523. Photo Serrette; B, Oropycnodus ponsorti n. comb., lectotype, NMW.1854.XXXIX.38. Photo Schumacher, courtesy Ortwin Schultz; C, D, Abdobalistum thyrsus n. gen., n. sp., part and counterpart of the holotype, NMHL P.9830a-b. Photos courtesy P. Forey. Scale bars: A, 5 cm; B-D, 2 cm.