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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 Oligocene.[1] Unlike the modern swordfish, both the upper and lower jaws of Xiphiorhynchus were extended into blade-like points.
Fossils of Xiphiorhynchus have been found in:[2]