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Oxyrhina minuta

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae

Taxonomy
Oxyrhina minuta was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was recombined as Isurus minutus by Hay (1902), Chapman (1918) and Chapman and Cudmore (1924).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Oxyrhina minuta Agassiz figs. Pl 36, figs 39-47
1847Oxyrhina minuta Gibbes p. 202
1888Oxyrhina fastigata Davis p. 30 figs. Plate VI, Figs. 1-3
1902Isurus minutus Hay p. 306
1904Oxyrhina minuta Chapman and Pritchard p. 283
1918Isurus minutus Chapman p. 17
1924Isurus minutus Chapman and Cudmore p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassOsteodonti
superorderLamnae
orderOdontaspidida
superfamilyIsuroidea
familyIsuridaeGray 1851
genusOxyrhina
speciesminuta

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.

Oxyrhina minuta Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina fastigata Davis 1888 [synonym]
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 07:06:40
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:06:40
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 28.10000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Isurus minutus (48647 174143) Oxyrhina minuta (46166)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy Oxyrhina minuta (47623)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Australia (Tasmania) Isurus minutus (28307)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Isurus minutus, Oxyrhina fastigiata (202913)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Oxyrhina minuta (18587)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Oxyrhina minuta (46164)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Oxyrhina minuta (122377)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Isurus minutus (46167)