Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Belongs to Oxyrhina according to F. C. Cassier 1966
See also Casier 1958 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Oxyrhina crassa, Oxyrhina leptodon, Oxyrhina minuta, Oxyrhina nova, Oxyrhina plicatilis, Oxyrhina quadrans, Oxyrhina sheppeyensis, Oxyrhina subbasalis, Oxyrhina subinflata, Oxyrhina triangularis, Oxyrhina uncidens, Oxyrhina vanieri, Oxyrhina vonhaastii, Oxyrhina wilsonii, Oxyrhina zippei
Subtaxa: Oxyrhina praecursor americana
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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