Oxyrhina plicatilis Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Oxyrhina according to L. Agassiz 1843

See also Agassiz 1843, Chapman and Cudmore 1924 and Gibbes 1847

Sister taxa: Oxyrhina crassa, Oxyrhina leptodon, Oxyrhina minuta, Oxyrhina nova, Oxyrhina praecursor, Oxyrhina quadrans, Oxyrhina sheppeyensis, Oxyrhina subbasalis, Oxyrhina subinflata, Oxyrhina triangularis, Oxyrhina uncidens, Oxyrhina vanieri, Oxyrhina vonhaastii, Oxyrhina wilsonii, Oxyrhina zippei

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oxyrhina plicatilis in the database

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