Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1927. Les Poissons fossiles d'Oran. Materiaux Pour la Carte Geologique de l'Algerie, 1re Serie, Paleontologie 6:1-298
Belongs to Xiphiorhynchus according to C. Arambourg 1927
Sister taxa: Xiphiorhynchus aegyptiacus, Xiphiorhynchus elegans, Xiphiorhynchus eocaenicus, Xiphiorhynchus homalorhamphus, Xiphiorhynchus hungaricus, Xiphiorhynchus kimblalocki, Xiphiorhynchus parvus, Xiphiorhynchus rotundus, Xiphiorhynchus rupeliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Les Planteurs, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Algeria
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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