Xiphiorhynchus
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| Genus: | †Xiphiorhynchus Van Beneden 1871
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Xiphiorhynchus is an extinct genus of prehistoric swordfish that lived from the Eocene until the Miocene. Unlike the modern swordfish, both the upper and lower jaws of Xiphiorhynchus were extended into blade-like points.
Distribution
Fossils of Xiphiorhynchus have been found in:[1]
- Eocene
- La Meseta Formation, Antarctica
- London Clay, Selsey and Elmore Formations, England
- Yazoo Formation, Louisiana
- Moodys Branch Formation, Mississippi
- Castle Hayne Formation, North Carolina
- Oligocene
- Miocene
- Raz-el-Ain Formation, Algeria
- Pisco Formation, Peru
See also
References
- ^ Xiphiorhynchus at Fossilworks.org
External links
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Categories:
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Ypresian genus first appearances
- Miocene extinctions
- Prehistoric fish of Africa
- Neogene Africa
- Fossils of Algeria
- Prehistoric fish of Antarctica
- Paleogene Antarctica
- Fossils of Antarctica
- Prehistoric fish of Europe
- Paleogene United Kingdom
- Fossils of England
- Prehistoric fish of North America
- Paleogene United States
- Fossils of Louisiana
- Fossils of Mississippi
- Fossils of North Carolina
- Fossils of South Carolina
- Prehistoric fish of South America
- Neogene Peru
- Fossils of Peru
- Fossil taxa described in 1871
- Xiphiidae
- Prehistoric perciform stubs