Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Xiphiinae according to H. L. Fierstine 2006
See also Leidy 1860, Purdy et al. 2001, Sauvage 1870, Schultz 1987 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Istiophorini, Rotundorhynchus, Tamesichthys, Xiphiorhynchini
Subtaxa: Xiphias gladius Xiphias radiata
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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