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Isurus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Isurus Rafinesque
1902Isurus Hay p. 305
1918Isurus Chapman p. 16
1919Isurus Jordan and Gilbert p. 21
1923Isurus Jordan and Hanibal p. 50
1924Isurus Chapman and Cudmore p. 129
1925Isurus Jordan p. 8
1938Isurus Weiler p. 7
1946Isurus Rapp p. 510
1963Isurus Jordan p. 599
1967Isurus Miller p. 223
1969Isurus Deraniyagala p. 5
1969Isurus Heinrich p. 47
1970Isurus Applegate p. 397
1977Isurus Herman p. 167
1981Isurus Case p. 56
1981Isurus Thurmond and Jones p. 54
1983Isurus Bendix-Almgreen p. 2
1984Isurus Squires p. 57
1985Isurus Kuga p. 6
1987Isurus Kumar and Loyal p. 63
1994Isurus Cione and Reguero p. 7
1996Isurus Martin p. 51
1998Isurus Yabe and Hirayama p. 43
2001Isurus Purdy et al. p. 113
2002Isurus Sepkoski
2003Isurus Antunes and Balbino p. 143
2003Isurus Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea p. 123
2005Isurus Compagno
2007Isurus Kocsis p. 33
2007Isurus Marsili et al. p. 36
2016Isurus Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 84
2017Isurus Hastings and Dooley p. 83
2018Isurus Kent p. 68
2019Isurus Cantalice et al. p. 431
2019Isurus Landini et al. p. 359

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusIsurusRafinesque 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Isurus Rafinesque 1810
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Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
Isurus escheri Agassiz 1843
Isurus leptodon Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Isurus gracilis Le Hon 1871 [synonym]
Isurus moniwaensis Hatai et al. 1974
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina desorii Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Oxyrhina spallanzanii Bonaparte 1841 [synonym]
Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966
Isurus planus Agassiz 1856
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina recta Davis 1888 [synonym]
Isurus sanctaeclarae Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Isurus sillimanii Gibbes 1847
Isurus spallanzani Rafinesque 1810
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 93.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (277 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0New Zealand (South Island) I. sp. (204190)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0South Africa I. sp. (38815)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Sweden I. zippei (70427)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) I. sp. (181902)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (Wyoming) I. sp. (87767)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Sweden I. sp. (70316)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) I. desori (101382)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) I. sp. (106277)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) I. sp. (36541)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) I. desorii (52504)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) I. desori (204176)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) I. acuminatus, I. desorii (3113)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (New Jersey) I. desorii (126161)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) I. sp. (5553)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Oxyrhina desori (42459)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Himachal Pradesh) I. spallanzani (31267)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) I. praecursor (149634 149635)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) I. praecursor (8011)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Chile I. dolloi (99572)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Fukuoka) I. sp. (161438)