Aglyptorhynchus venablesi

Aglyptorhynchus venablesi is a type of billfish found within the London Clay.

Diagnosis:

'Cross-section at base of rostrum almost square, and more or less circular near anterior tip. Four nutrient canals at base of rostrum occupy almost the whole of the area in transverse cross-section and coalesce into a single canal distally. A thin section of a proximal part of the rostrum also showed three minute additional dorsal (nutrient?) canals.'

Genus: Aglyptorhynchus

Family: Xiphiidae

Class: Osteichthys

Species: Aglyptorhynchus venablesi

Image taken from Tony Mitchell's Database with Tony Mitchell's help and permission.

https://kentfossildatabase.co.uk/

Acknowledgments:

Thank you very much Tony Mitchell for allowing usage of an image on this page.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglyptorhynchus#:~:text=Aglyptorhynchus%20is%20an%20extinct%20genus,Eocene%20to%20the%20early%20Miocene.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Aglyptorhynchus-venablesi-Eocene-London-Clay-Bognor-Regis-Sussex-a-dorsolateral_fig9_231965583

Diagnosis text from:

Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Aglyptorhynchus-venablesi-Eocene-London-Clay-Bognor-Regis-Sussex-a-dorsolateral_fig9_231965583 [accessed 1 Oct 2024]

(Author of text: Kenneth A. Monsch)

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