Macrorhizodus Glükman 1964 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Full reference: L. S. Glükman. 1964. Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fishes. Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks). In D. V. Obruchev (ed.), Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. XI. Agnatha, Pisces. Izdatel'stvo "Nauka", Moscow 292-352

Parent taxon: Lamnidae according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013

See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Glükman 1964 and Herman 1977

Sister taxa: Alopecias, Carcharodon, Carcharoides, Cosmopolitodus, Exoles, Isurus, Lamna, Oxyprinichthys, Plectrostoma, Selanonius, Uyenoa

Subtaxa: Macrorhizodus falcata Macrorhizodus praecursor

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Type: Oxyrhina desorii praecursor

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (3 collections), Egypt (15), Senegal (1), Spain (1), United States (7: Alabama), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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