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Xiphactinus

Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Xiphactinus Leidy
1873Xiphactinus Leidy p. 290
1970Xiphactinus Applegate p. 418
1981Xiphactinus Thurmond and Jones p. 97
1988Xiphactinus Case and Schwimmer p. 300
1997Xiphactinus Schwimmer et al. p. 611
2002Xiphactinus Sepkoski
2006Xiphactinus Shimada p. 169
2006Xiphactinus Shimada et al. p. 23
2013Xiphactinus Cavin et al. p. 170
2016Xiphactinus Bice and Shimada p. 186
2019Xiphactinus Hoganson et al. p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderIchthyodectiformesBardack and Sprinkle 1969
suborderIchthyodectoideiRomer 1966
familyIchthyodectidaeCrook 1892
genusXiphactinusLeidy 1870

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Xiphactinus Leidy 1870
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Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870
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Invalid names: Portheus lestrio Cope 1873 [synonym], Portheus lowii Stewart 1898 [synonym], Portheus molossus Cope 1871 [synonym], Portheus mudgei Cope 1874 [synonym], Saurocephalus thaumas Cope 1870 [synonym], Xiphactinus brachygnathus Stewart 1898 [synonym]
Xiphactinus vetus Leidy 1856
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Invalid names: Polygonodon rectus Leidy 1858 [synonym], Portheus angulatus Cope 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:09:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:23:33
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 125.45000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Germany X. sp. (221372)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Venezuela (Trujillo) X. audax (176561)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Polygonodon vetus (126156)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) X. audax (213414 213416 213417 213418 213419)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) X. audax (22731 52997)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) X. audax (35429)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) X. audax (94538)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) X. audax (102879)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3USA (Texas) X. sp. (107425)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) X. sp. (221341)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) X. audax (213402)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) X. audax (213384 213385)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) X. audax (35365 213387 213526)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Texas) X. sp. (34755)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.3 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) X. audax (164393)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) X. audax (81928)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Kansas) X. audax (94652) X. sp. (93220)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) X. audax (192128)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Kansas) Portheus molossus (188488)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Alabama) X. audax (81930 81932 81934 81972 82049 82054)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) X. audax (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Portheus molossus (190555)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) X. audax (70720)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Nunavut) X. sp. (36383)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Polygonodon rectus (106277)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Polygonodon rectus, X. audax (57918) X. vetus (128412)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) X. vetus (14478 14479 14487)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) X. sp. (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) X. audax (14455) X. sp. (32181)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) X. sp. (57916) X. vetus (221052)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) X. sp. (26818)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) X. vetus (213589)