Isistius Gill 1864 (shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Dalatiidae

Parent taxon: Dalatiidae according to J. A. Villafaña et al. 2020

See also Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Cassier 1966, Jordan 1963, Kocsis 2007, Laurito 1996, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998

Sister taxa: Acrosqualiolus, Angoumeius, Dalatias, Eosqualiolus, Hessinodon, Oligodalatias, Squaliodalatias, Squaliolus

Subtaxa: Isistius triangulus Isistius trituratus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Ecuador (2 collections), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Panama (2), Slovakia (1)

• Eocene of Barbados (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)

• Paleocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 27 collections including 28 occurrences

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