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ALT Top right: Specimen image: †Makaira belgica, MAUL 917: fossil skull and rostrum in left lateral view. Middle left: schematic representation of an adult skeleton of Istiompax indica showing the linear measurements used to calculate the body length and weight in fossil istiophorids. Bottom left: Geographical location of la Cisterna Quarry in the Salento Peninsula, region of Apulia, Italy. Bottom right: Part of the strict consensus tree from Bayesian inference using the total evidence approach showing the relationships of the Istiophoridae family. Branch colours indicate different rostral shapes and body sizes with relationship to the skull morphology.



























