Xiphiorhynchus Van Beneden 1871 (sword fish)

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae

Parent taxon: Xiphiorhynchinae according to W. N. McCuen et al. 2020

See also Arambourg 1927, Casier 1966, Fierstine 2006, Fierstine and Starnes 2005, Fierstine and Stringer 2007, Monsch 2004, Monsch et al. 2005, Schultz 1987 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Thalattorhynchus

Subtaxa: Xiphiorhynchus aegyptiacus Xiphiorhynchus courcelli Xiphiorhynchus elegans Xiphiorhynchus eocaenicus Xiphiorhynchus homalorhamphus Xiphiorhynchus hungaricus Xiphiorhynchus kimblalocki Xiphiorhynchus parvus Xiphiorhynchus rotundus Xiphiorhynchus rupeliensis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (2 collections), Peru (1)

• Oligocene of United States (2: South Carolina)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina)

Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences

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