Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Belongs to Isurus according to N. Kuga 1985

Sister taxa: Isurus desori, Isurus escheri, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus planus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus spallanzani

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Japan (1)

• Neogene of Madagascar (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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