Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Oxyrhina desori, Oxyrhina desorii
Synonyms: Oxyrhina grandis Davis 1888, Oxyrhina minutus Cope 1875
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Isurus according to N. S. Pledge 1967
See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Antunes and Balbino 2003, Baut and Génault 1999, Brisswalter 2009, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Davis 1888, Fowler 1911, García et al. 2009, Gibbes 1847, Gibbes 1847, Gille et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Jordan 1907, Karasawa 1989, Kocsis 2007, Kuga 1985, Laurito and Valerio 2008, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1938, Leriche 1942, Marsili et al. 2007, Nolf 1988, Pledge 1992, Rapp 1946, Uyeno et al. 1984, White 1926 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Isurus appendiculatus, Isurus desori, Isurus flandricus, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus pagoda, Isurus paucus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus winkleri, Isurus xiphodon
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (4 collections), Czechia (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), United States (2: Maryland)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Angola (2), Australia (2), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Barbados (2), Egypt (1), Nigeria (2), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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