Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870

Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae

Alternative combinations: Polygonodon audax, Portheus audax, Saurocephalus audax

Synonyms: Portheus brachygnathus Stewart 1898, Portheus lestrio Cope 1873, Portheus lowii Stewart 1898, Portheus molossus Cope 1871, Portheus mudgei Cope 1874, Portheus thaumas Cope 1870, Saurocephalus thaumas Cope 1870, Xiphactinus brachygnathus Stewart 1898

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on ichthyorudiolites and on certain fossil Mammalia]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):12-13

Belongs to Xiphactinus according to K. N. Bice and K. Shimada 2016

See also Applegate 1970, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cavin et al. 2013, Cope 1871, Cope 1874, Hay 1902, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Schwimmer et al. 1997, Shimada 2006, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxon: Xiphactinus vetus

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (29: Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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