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Xiphiorhynchinae

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae

Taxonomy
Xiphiorhynchinae was named by Regan (1909).

It was reranked as the family Xiphiorhynchidae by Jordan (1963) and Schultz (1987).

It was assigned to Xiphiiformes by Jordan (1963); to Xiphioidea by Schultz (1987); and to Xiphiidae by Fierstine and Starnes (2005), Fierstine (2006), Fierstine and Stringer (2007) and McCuen et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Xiphiorhynchinae Regan
1963Xiphiorhynchidae Jordan p. 681
1987Xiphiorhynchidae Schultz p. 145
2005Xiphiorhynchinae Fierstine and Starnes p. 281
2006Xiphiorhynchinae Fierstine p. 440
2007Xiphiorhynchinae Fierstine and Stringer p. 227
2020Xiphiorhynchinae McCuen et al. p. 99

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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
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Carangimorphariae
orderIstiophoriformes
familyXiphiidaeSwainson 1839
subfamilyXiphiorhynchinaeRegan 1909
subfamilyXiphiorhynchinaeRegan 1909

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.

Subfm. †Xiphiorhynchinae Regan 1909
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G. †Thalattorhynchus Schultz 1987
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G. †Xiphiorhynchus Van Beneden 1871
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Xiphiorhynchus courcelli Arambourg 1927
Xiphiorhynchus elegans Van Beneden 1871
Xiphiorhynchus eocaenicus Woodward 1901
Xiphiorhynchus kimblalocki Fierstine and Applegate 1974
Xiphiorhynchus parvus Casier 1966
Xiphiorhynchus rotundus Monsch et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available