Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combination: Oxyrhina sillimani
Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1847. Description of new species of squalides from the Tertiary Beds of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 3:266-268
Belongs to Isurus according to W. F. Rapp 1946
See also Gibbes 1847, Gibbes 1847 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Isurus desori, Isurus escheri, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus paucus, Isurus planus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus spallanzani
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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