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Xiphodon is the type
genus of the
extinct Palaeogene artiodactyl family Xiphodontidae. It, like
other xiphodonts, was
endemic to
Western Europe and lived...
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derived from the
Latin word
hasta meaning "spear". The
disputed species xiphodon is
derived from the
Ancient Gr**** ξίφος "xíphos"
meaning "sword" and ὀδών...
- "narrow-form,"
which some
authors have
split into two species, C.
plicatilis (
xiphodon) and C. hastalis, respectively. C. subserratus,
historically known as C...
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genus Dichobune. Eventually, it was
found to be more
closely related to
Xiphodon and now
includes 11 species,
although one of them may be synonymous. Dichodon...
- †Cosmopolitodus
hastalis Ag****iz, 1843 (broad-toothed mako) †Cosmopolitodus
xiphodon Ag****iz, 1843
Genus †Carcharomodus †Carcharomodus
escheri Ag****iz, 1843...
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Confusion between whether the A.
commune sculptures were of A.
gracile (=
Xiphodon gracilis) is common,
resulting from 19th-century
guidebooks listing both...
- records. Its
dentition is
thought to have been
typical of
xiphodonts such as
Xiphodon and
Dichodon because of most of its
premolars being elongated, its dental...
- gracile, he
noticed differences in the
molars that he
erected the
subgenus Xiphodon. For A. leporinum, A. murinum, and A. obliquum, the
subgenus Dichobune...
- Catodontherium, Robiatherium),
robiacinid Robiacina, and
xiphodonts (
Xiphodon, Dichodon, Haplomeryx).
After MP16, a
faunal turnover occurred, marking...
- one
species P. teulonensis. It is
similar in size to the
close relative Xiphodon and,
although differing little from the genus, is
recorded to be distinct...
