Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Stensio placed Xenesthes velox Jordan 1907 in Birgeria, but it's not clear why he did that, as Xenesthes is the senior name.
Synonym: Xenesthes Jordan 1907 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Birgeriidae according to P. G. Ni et al. 2017
See also Beltan 1968, Bürgin and Furrer 1992, Chrzastek 2008, Jordan 1907, Lehman 1952, Savage and Large 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Stensiö 1921 and Stensiö 1932
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Birgeria acuminata Birgeria aldingeri Birgeria americana Birgeria costata Birgeria groenlandica Birgeria gronlandica Birgeria guizhouensis Birgeria liui Birgeria mougeoti Birgeria nielseni Birgeria stensioei Birgeria velox Severnichthys
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Belgium (5), Bolivia (1), Canada (39: British Columbia), China (2), France (13), Germany (8), Greenland (5), India (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (3), the Netherlands (2), Norway (1), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (10), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (17), United States (4: California, Nevada)
Total: 121 collections including 129 occurrences
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