Oxyrhina quadrans 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

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Leghia (Viștea Limestone Fm.) (Eocene of Romania)

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