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Figure 100. ^Ozymandias gilberti Jordan 1919, holotype, CAS 55507 (from color image provided by CAS); scale bar equals 5 cm. 
Suborder Xiphioidei 
Family Istiophoridae sensu Robins & de Sylva 1960 
Genus Istiophorus Lacepede 1801 
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder 1792) 
Selected References 
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder): Gottfried 1982:151. 
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder): Fierstine 1990:15. 
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder): Fierstine 2001:37. 
Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder): Fierstine 2006:444. 
Type Specimen: Extant. Xiphias platypterus Shaw and Nodder, holotype, BMNH 1964.7.2.1, (Nakamura 
1983:277). 
Type Locality : Indian Ocean (Nakamura 1983:277). 
Referred Specimens in Gottfried (1982) and Fierstine (1990.2001. 2006) : From UCMP locality V81058, San 
Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, San Diego County; precaudal (= trunk) vertebra, UCMP 125228. 
Distribution ofNeogene/, platypterus and /. platvpterus-Wkz specimens outside of California : From Yorktown 
Formation, Early Pliocene, North Carolina, U.S.A.: I. platypterus and Istiophorus cf. L platypterus 
(Fierstine (2001). 
From Eastover Formation, Late Miocene, Virginia, U.S.A.; Istiophorus cf. L platypterus (= L calverten- 
sis Berry 1917), holotype (Fierstine 1998). 
.PJ.gtnbytj.Qn_Qf Neogene Istmlwrm Sfl* outside of California: Istiophorus sp.; Bahia Inglesa Formation, Mio- 
Pliocene, Chile (Walsh 1999). 
