†Cosmopolitodus planus Agassiz 1856 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Isurus planus, Oxyrhina plana
Belongs to Cosmopolitodus according to T. P. Malyshkina et al. 2024
See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1907, Jordan 1922, Jordan and Hanibal 1923, Karasawa 1989, Kuga 1985, Malyshkina et al. 2023, Nazarkin 2013 and Yun 2022
Sister taxon: Cosmopolitodus plicatilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Oregon)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Japan (13), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (2), United States (6: California)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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