Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Parent taxon: Istiophoriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Casier 1966, Ebersole et al. 2024, Fierstine 2006, Fierstine and Starnes 2005, Fierstine and Stringer 2007, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946 and Schultz 1987
Sister taxa: Blochiidae, Hemingwayidae, Istiophoridae, Palaeorhynchidae
Subtaxa: Embalorhynchus Glyptorhynchus Xiphiinae Xiphiorhynchinae Xiphiorhynchus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Chile (2), Italy (2), South Africa (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Austria (1), Chile (1), Italy (2), Peru (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), United States (3: Alabama, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), Kazakhstan (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 33 collections including 41 occurrences