Isurus escheri Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Belongs to Isurus according to Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: Isurus desori, 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 Australia (1 collection), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Denmark (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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