†Xiphactinus audax

Leidy, 1870

Taxonavigation: Ichthyodectiformes Überreich: Eukaryota Reich: Animalia Stamm (Phylum): Chordata Klade/Unterstamm (Clade/Subphylum): Craniata Unterstamm (Subphylum): Vertebrata Infrastamm (Infraphylum): Gnathostomata Megaklasse/Überklasse: Osteichthyes Überklasse/Klasse: Actinopterygii Klasse/Infraklasse: Actinopteri Unterklasse: Neopterygii Infraklasse: Teleostei Megakohorte: Osteoglossocephalai Überkohorte: Osteoglossocephala Kohorte/Überordnung: Osteoglossomorpha Ordnung: †Ichthyodectiformes Familie: †Ichthyodectidae Gattung: †Xiphactinus Synonyme †Hypsodon audax (Leidy, 1870) †Portheus audax (Leidy, 1870) †Saurocephalus audax (Leidy, 1870) †Saurocephalus thaumas Cope 1870 †Portheus thaumas (Cope, 1870) †Portheus lestrio Cope, 1875 †Portheus mudgei Cope, 1875 †Portheus lowii Stewart, 1898 †Hypsodon lowii (Stewart, 1898) †Xiphactinus lowii (Stewart, 1898) †Xiphactinus brachygnathus Stewart, 1899

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Literatur

• Meek, F.B. 1870. Remarks on Ichthyodorulites and on Certain Fossil Mammalia in Descriptions of Fossils Collected During the US Geological Survey Under the Charge of Clarence King. ??? Zitatseite [: , Autor: Leidy !!]
• Schwimmer, D.R. 1981. A distinctive Upper Cretaceous fauna 3-4 meters below the Blufftown-Cusseta contact in the Chattahoochee Valley. Pp. 79–85 in Reinhardt, J. & Gibson, P.G.(eds.): Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary geology of the Chattahoochee River valley, western Georgia and eastern Alabama. Georgia Geological Society Guidebook, 16th Annual Field Trip, 88 pp.[: 84, pl. 10, fig. 7, †Xiphactinus audax -->†Xiphactinus vetus]
• Schwimmer, D.R. 1986. A distinctive biofaces in a downdip exposure, Blufftown Formation, Stewart County, Georgia. Pp. 19–28 in Reinhardt, J. (ed.): Upper Cretaceous strata of the lower Chattahoochee Valley. SEPM Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Field trip guidebook 3. Zitatseite [: 115, pl. 1, figs H, I, †Xiphactinus audax -->†Xiphactinus vetus]
• Gallagher, W.B., Parris, D.C. & Spamer, E.E. 1986. Paleontology, biostratigraphy, and depositional environments of the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in the New Jersey Coastal Plain. The Mosasaur, 3: 1–35. Zitatseite [: 25, z.T. †Xiphactinus cf. audax -->†Xiphactinus vetus]
• Robb, A.J. 1989. The Upper Cretaceous (Campanian, Black Creek Formation) fossil fish fauna of Phoebus Landing, Bladen County, North Carolina. The Mosasaur, 4: 75–92. Zitatseite [: 77, 82, 83, fig. 20, †Xiphactinus audax -->†Xiphactinus vetus]
• Case, G.R. & Schwimmer, D.R. 1988. Late Cretaceous fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in western Georgia. Journal of Paleontology, 62: 290–301. Zitatseite [: 300, fig. 6.29, †Xiphactinus audax -->†Xiphactinus vetus]
• Manning, E. & Dockery, D. 1992. A guide to the Frankstown vertebrate fossil locality (Upper Cretaceous, Prentiss County, Mississippi). Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Geology, Circular, 4: 43. Zitatseite [: 12, 13, fig. 5, †Xiphactinus audax -->†Xiphactinus vetus]
• Gallagher, W.B. 1993. The Cretaceous/Tertiary mass extinction event in the northern Atlantic coastal plain. The Mosasaur, 5: 75–154. Zitatseite [: 100, 111, †Xiphactinus audax -->†Xiphactinus vetus]
• King, J.L. & Super, K.J. 2019. The smallest recorded specimen of Xiphactinus audax from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas and its implications for juvenile ichthyodectid ecology. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 39 (6): e1724123. (doi) Zitatseite 

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