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Xiphiorhynchus parvus

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae

Taxonomy
Xiphiorhynchus parvus was named by Casier (1966). Its type specimen is BMNH P 21306, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Xiphiorhynchus parvus Casier p. 314 figs. Plate 41, Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderIstiophoriformes
familyXiphiidaeSwainson 1839
subfamilyXiphiorhynchinaeRegan 1909
genusXiphiorhynchusVan Beneden 1871
speciesparvus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Xiphiorhynchus parvus Casier 1966
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Diagnosis
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