†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 !!]
• 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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