Isurichthys Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Ariommatidae

Synonym: Isurus Agassiz 1842 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636

Parent taxon: Ariommatidae according to A. F. Bannikov 2018

See also Arambourg 1927, Bannikov 2012, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Isurichthys breviusculus Isurichthys orientalis Isurus macrurus

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pshekha River, Gornyi Luch (Planorbella Beds, Pshekha Horizon) (Oligocene of Russian Federation)

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