Isurus desorii Agassiz 1843

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae

Alternative combinations: Oxyrhina desori, Oxyrhina desorii

Synonyms: Oxyrhina grandis Davis 1888, Oxyrhina minutus Cope 1875

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Oxyrhina according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943

See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Davis 1888, Fowler 1911, Gibbes 1847, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Jordan 1907, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1938, Leriche 1942, Marsili et al. 2007, Rapp 1946, White 1926 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Oxyrhina crassa, Oxyrhina laevigata, Oxyrhina leptodon, Oxyrhina minuta, Oxyrhina plicatilis, Oxyrhina praecursor, Oxyrhina quadrans, Oxyrhina subbasalis, Oxyrhina subinflata, Oxyrhina triangularis, Oxyrhina uncidens, Oxyrhina vanieri, Oxyrhina vonhaastii, Oxyrhina wilsonii, Oxyrhina zippei

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (4), Czechia (1), Italy (1), Poland (1), United States (2: Maryland)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Angola (2), Australia (2), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Barbados (2), Egypt (1), Nigeria (2), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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