COLLECTION NAME:
Fossil Fishes of Alabama
Record
Article Title:
Xiphactinus Version 1
Authors:
Jun A. Ebersole, David J. Cicimurri, Gary L. Stringer, Stephen J. Jacquemin, & Charles N. Ciampaglio
Entry:
Entry 090
Volume:
Volume 3
Issue:
Issue 51
Chapter:
Chapter 3: Cretaceous Fishes of Alabama
Version:
Version 1
Class:
Osteichthyes
Order:
Ichthyodectiformes
Family:
Ichthyodectidae
Genus:
Xiphactinus
Era:
Mesozoic
Period:
Cretaceous
Citation:
Ebersole, J.A., D.J. Cicimurri, G.L. Stringer, S.J. Jacquemin, & C.N. Ciampaglio. 2024. Cretaceous Fishes of Alabama: Xiphactinus version 1. In: J.A. Ebersole (ed.), Fossil Fishes of Alabama. McWane Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama 3(51):1–7. https://doi.org/10.…
References Cited:
Applegate, S.P. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part VIII. The fishes. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 3(8):1–72. https://doi.org/10.…
Arratia, G., R.A. Scasso & W. Kiessling. 2004. Late Jurassic fishes from Longing Gap, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Ver-tebrate Paleontology 24(1):41–55. https://doi.org/10.…
Bardack, D. & G. Sprinkle. 1969. Morphology and relationships of saurocephalid fishes. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 16:297–340. https://doi.org/10.…
Crook, A.R. 1892. Über einige fossile Knochenfische aus der mittleren Kreide von Kansas. Palaeontographica 39:107–124.
Goodrich, E.S. 1930. Studies on the structure & development of vertebrates. Macmillan, London. 837 pages. https://doi.org/10.…
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Ikejiri, T., J.A. Ebersole, H.L. Blewitt & S.M. Ebersole. 2013. An overview of Late Cretaceous vertebrates from Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31(1):46–71.
Leidy, J. 1856. Notes on the fishes in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia VIII(1857):221.
Leidy, J. 1870. [Remarks on ichthyodorulites and on certain fossil Mammalia]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sci-ences of Philadelphia 22:12–13.
Müller, J. 1845. Über den Bau und die Grenzen der Ganoiden, und über das natürliche System der Fische. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11(1):91–141.
Regan, C.T. 1923. The skeleton of Lepidosteus, with remarks on the origin and evolution of the lower neopterygian fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923(1–2):445–461. https://doi.org/10.…
Russell, D.A. 1988. A checklist of North American marine Cretaceous vertebrates including freshwater fishes. Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Drumheller, Canada) Occasional Paper 4:1–58.
Schein, J. P. & R. D. Lewis. 2007. Actinopterygian fishes from Upper Cretaceous rocks in Alabama, with emphasis on the teleostean genus Enchodus. Paludicola 6(2):41–86.
Schwimmer, D.R., J.D. Stewart & G.D. Williams. 1997. Xiphactinus vetus and the distribution of Xiphactinus species in the Eastern United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):610–615. https://doi.org/10.…
Thurmond, J.T. & D.E. Jones. 1981. Fossil vertebrates of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 244 pages.
Vavrek, M.J., A.M. Murray & P.R. Bell. 2016. Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 from the Puskwaskau Formation (Santonian to Campanian) of north-western Alberta, Canada and the distribution of Xiphactinus in North America. Vertebrate Anat-omy Morphology Palaeontology 1:89–100. https://doi.org/10.…
Arratia, G., R.A. Scasso & W. Kiessling. 2004. Late Jurassic fishes from Longing Gap, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Ver-tebrate Paleontology 24(1):41–55. https://doi.org/10.…
Bardack, D. & G. Sprinkle. 1969. Morphology and relationships of saurocephalid fishes. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 16:297–340. https://doi.org/10.…
Crook, A.R. 1892. Über einige fossile Knochenfische aus der mittleren Kreide von Kansas. Palaeontographica 39:107–124.
Goodrich, E.S. 1930. Studies on the structure & development of vertebrates. Macmillan, London. 837 pages. https://doi.org/10.…
Huxley, T.H. 1880. On the application of the laws of evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880:649–662.
Ikejiri, T., J.A. Ebersole, H.L. Blewitt & S.M. Ebersole. 2013. An overview of Late Cretaceous vertebrates from Alabama. Bulletin Alabama Museum of Natural History 31(1):46–71.
Leidy, J. 1856. Notes on the fishes in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia VIII(1857):221.
Leidy, J. 1870. [Remarks on ichthyodorulites and on certain fossil Mammalia]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sci-ences of Philadelphia 22:12–13.
Müller, J. 1845. Über den Bau und die Grenzen der Ganoiden, und über das natürliche System der Fische. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11(1):91–141.
Regan, C.T. 1923. The skeleton of Lepidosteus, with remarks on the origin and evolution of the lower neopterygian fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923(1–2):445–461. https://doi.org/10.…
Russell, D.A. 1988. A checklist of North American marine Cretaceous vertebrates including freshwater fishes. Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Drumheller, Canada) Occasional Paper 4:1–58.
Schein, J. P. & R. D. Lewis. 2007. Actinopterygian fishes from Upper Cretaceous rocks in Alabama, with emphasis on the teleostean genus Enchodus. Paludicola 6(2):41–86.
Schwimmer, D.R., J.D. Stewart & G.D. Williams. 1997. Xiphactinus vetus and the distribution of Xiphactinus species in the Eastern United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):610–615. https://doi.org/10.…
Thurmond, J.T. & D.E. Jones. 1981. Fossil vertebrates of Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa. 244 pages.
Vavrek, M.J., A.M. Murray & P.R. Bell. 2016. Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 from the Puskwaskau Formation (Santonian to Campanian) of north-western Alberta, Canada and the distribution of Xiphactinus in North America. Vertebrate Anat-omy Morphology Palaeontology 1:89–100. https://doi.org/10.…