Xiphias Linnaeus 1758 (sword fish)

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Xiphiinae according to H. L. Fierstine 2006

See also Leidy 1860, Purdy et al. 2001, Sauvage 1870, Schultz 1987 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Istiophorini, Rotundorhynchus, Tamesichthys, Xiphiorhynchini

Subtaxa: Xiphias gladius Xiphias radiata

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (2), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of Kazakhstan (1)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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