Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae
Alternative spelling: Histiophorus
Synonyms: Brachyrhynchus Van Beneden 1871, Encheiziphius Rutimeyer 1857
Parent taxon: Istiophoridae according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2018
See also Fierstine 2001, Fierstine 2006, Fierstine et al. 2012, Hay 1902, Jordan 1919, Leriche 1906, Leriche 1926, Palmer 1904, Rapp 1946, Rutimeyer 1857, Schultz 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and White and Moy-Thomas 1940
Sister taxa: Hemirhabdorhynchus, Istiophorus solidus, Makaira, Marlina, Tetrapturus
Subtaxa: Brachyrhynchus belgicus Brachyrhynchus solidus Encheiziphius teretirostris Istiophorus antiquus Istiophorus calvertensis Istiophorus homalorhamphus Istiophorus parvulus Istiophorus platypterus Istiophorus robustus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of France (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of United States (2: Virginia)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: New Jersey)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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