Isurus winkleri Vincent 1876 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Alternative combination: Oxyrhina winkleri

Belongs to Isurus according to J. Herman 1977

See also Herman 1972 and Nolf 1972

Sister taxa: Isurus appendiculatus, Isurus desori, Isurus desorii, Isurus flandricus, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus pagoda, Isurus paucus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus xiphodon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Railway cutting south of Maret, Orp-le-Grand (Arctica morrisi lens) (Paleocene of Belgium)

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