Oxyrhina Agassiz 1838 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Parent taxon: Isuridae according to J. Herman 1977

See also Ameghino 1901, Bohm 1926, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Cassier 1966, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Davis 1888, Eastman 1904, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Jordan 1907, Jordan 1963, Jordan and Hanibal 1923, Leidy 1873, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, White 1926 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Galeolamna, Isuropsis

Subtaxa: Oxyrhina crassa Oxyrhina leptodon Oxyrhina minuta Oxyrhina nova Oxyrhina plicatilis Oxyrhina praecursor Oxyrhina quadrans Oxyrhina sheppeyensis Oxyrhina subbasalis Oxyrhina subinflata Oxyrhina triangularis Oxyrhina uncidens Oxyrhina vanieri Oxyrhina vonhaastii Oxyrhina wilsonii Oxyrhina zippei

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Aruba (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), South Africa (1)

• Neogene of South Pacific (4), United States (3: California, Hawaii)

• Miocene of Australia (4), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Slovakia (1), United States (5: Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina)

• Oligocene of Australia (3), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of Barbados (1), Egypt (1), Namibia (1), Romania (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)

Total: 41 collections including 47 occurrences

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