†Thalattorhynchus austriacus Schultz 1987 (sword fish)
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Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Full reference: O. Schultz. 1987. Taxonomische Neugruppierung der Überfamilie Xiphioidea (Pisces, Osteichthyes). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 89:95-202
Belongs to Thalattorhynchus according to O. Schultz 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMW 1986/109, a partial skull. Its type locality is Marzer Kogel, which is in a Badenian marine sandstone in Austria.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Marzer Kogel
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