Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Parent taxon: Ichthyodectidae according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cavin et al. 2013, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873, Schwimmer et al. 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada 2006, Shimada et al. 2006 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Faugichthys, Furloichthys, Ghrisichthys, Ichthyodectes, Portheus
Subtaxa: Xiphactinus audax Xiphactinus vetus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta, Nunavut, Saskatchewan collections), Germany (1), United States (44: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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