Isurus sillimanii Gibbes 1847 (mackerel shark)

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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