†Thalattorhynchus Schultz 1987 (sword fish)
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Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Full reference: O. Schultz. 1987. Taxonomische Neugruppierung der Überfamilie Xiphioidea (Pisces, Osteichthyes). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 89:95-202
Parent taxon: Xiphiorhynchidae according to O. Schultz 1987
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Xiphiorhynchus
Subtaxa: Thalattorhynchus austriacus
Type: Thalattorhynchus austriacus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Marzer Kogel (Miocene of Austria)
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