Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae
Alternative combination: Brachyrhynchus teretirostris
Full reference: L. Rutimeyer. 1857. Uber Echeiziphis, ein neues Cetaceen-Genus. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1:555-567
Belongs to Encheiziphius according to T. S. Palmer 1904
See also Rutimeyer 1857 and Van Beneden 1871
Sister taxa: Istiophorus antiquus, Istiophorus calvertensis, Istiophorus homalorhamphus, Istiophorus parvulus, Istiophorus platypterus, Istiophorus robustus, Brachyrhynchus belgicus, Brachyrhynchus solidus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Montpellier, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Sables à Gryphaea virleti Formation of France
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Montpellier
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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