†Isurolamna Cappetta 1992 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Parent taxon: Lamnidae according to E. V. Popov et al. 2025
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alopecias, Carcharodon, Carcharoides, Cosmopolitodus, Exoles, Isurus, Lamna, Macrorhizodus, Oxyprinichthys, Plectrostoma, Selanonius, Uyenoa
Subtaxa: Isurolamna bajarunasi Isurolamna inflata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (7)
• Paleocene of Morocco (1), Togo (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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