†Paraisurus macrorhizus Pictet and Campiche 1858 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Paraisuridae
Alternative combinations: Oxyrhina macrorhiza, Paraisurus macrorhiza
Belongs to Paraisurus according to T. Sokolskyi and G. Guinot 2021
See also Biddle 1993, Cappetta and Case 1999, Glikman 1957, Herman 1977, Mertinienė et al. 1994 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Paraisurus amudarjensis, Paraisurus compressus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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