Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Belongs to Isurus according to L. Kocsis 2007
See also Antunes and Balbino 2003, Chapman 1918, García et al. 2009 and Kuga 1985
Sister taxa: Isurus escheri, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus paucus, Isurus planus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus spallanzani
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Spain (1 collection)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2)
• Miocene of Australia (3), Austria (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Japan (13), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Portugal (2), Slovakia (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (3), France (1), Japan (2)
• Cenozoic of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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