Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae

Alternative combination: Histophorus rotundus

Full reference: K. A. Monsch, H. L. Fierstine, and R. E. Weems. 2005. Taxonomic revision and stratigraphic provenance of '†Histiophorus rotundus' Woodward 1901 (Teleostei, Perciformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2):274-279

Belongs to Xiphiorhynchus according to H. L. Fierstine 2006

See also Monsch et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Xiphiorhynchus aegyptiacus, Xiphiorhynchus courcelli, Xiphiorhynchus elegans, Xiphiorhynchus eocaenicus, Xiphiorhynchus homalorhamphus, Xiphiorhynchus hungaricus, Xiphiorhynchus kimblalocki, Xiphiorhynchus parvus, Xiphiorhynchus rupeliensis

Type specimen: BMNH P8799, a skull

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dorchester Creek (Oligocene of South Carolina)

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