Oxyrhina triangularis Egerton 1845 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae

Belongs to Oxyrhina according to A. S. Woodward 1889

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

Type specimen: BMNH P.594, a set of teeth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oxyrhina triangularis in the database

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