Isurus sanctaeclarae Jordan and Hanibal 1923 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Full reference: D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal. 1923. Fossil sharks and rays of the Pacific slope of North America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 22:27-63

Belongs to Isurus according to D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal 1923

Sister taxa: Isurus desori, Isurus escheri, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus paucus, Isurus planus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus spallanzani

Type specimen: LSJU 925, a tooth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Isurus sanctaeclarae in the database

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