Isurus leptodon Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Synonym: Isurus gracilis Le Hon 1871

Belongs to Isurus according to W. Weiler 1938

Sister taxa: Isurus appendiculatus, Isurus desori, Isurus desorii, Isurus flandricus, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus pagoda, Isurus paucus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus winkleri, Isurus xiphodon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Hungary (1 collection), the Netherlands (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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