Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Belongs to Isurus according to N. Kuga 1985
Sister taxa: Isurus appendiculatus, Isurus desori, Isurus desorii, Isurus flandricus, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus pagoda, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus winkleri, Isurus xiphodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Chile (1), Japan (1)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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