Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae
Alternative combination: Histiophorus parvulus
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1869. Notice of some new Tertiary and Cretaceous fishes. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 20(5):227-230
Belongs to Istiophorus according to W. F. Rapp 1946
See also Hay 1902 and Marsh 1869
Sister taxa: Istiophorus antiquus, Istiophorus calvertensis, Istiophorus homalorhamphus, Istiophorus platypterus, Istiophorus robustus, Brachyrhynchus solidus, Brachyrhynchus belgicus, Encheiziphius teretirostris
Type specimen: Its type locality is Farmingdale, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Farmingdale
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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