Oxyrhina praecursor Leriche 1942 (mackerel shark)

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

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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

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