Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Isurus oxyrhinchus, Isurus oxyrhincus, Isurus oxyrhynchus
Synonyms: Isurus glaucus Müller and Henle 1839, Isurus spallanzani Rafinesque 1810, Isurus spallanzanii Rafinesque 1810, Oxyrhina glauca Müller and Henle 1839, Oxyrhina spallanzani Bonaparte 1841, Oxyrhina spallanzanii Bonaparte 1841
Belongs to Isurus according to C. Lin et al. 2022
See also Antunes 1978, Antunes et al. 1981, Arambourg 1927, Ávila et al. 2012, Betancort et al. 2016, Boessenecker 2011, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2013, Case 1981, Cigala Fulgosi et al. 2009, Compagno 1984, Di Stefano 1911, dos Reis 2005, Ebert 2003, Everaert et al. 2019, Fitch 1967, Fitch 1968, Fitch 1970, Gille et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Kanakoff 1956, Karasawa 1989, Kent 2018, Kuga 1985, Kumar and Loyal 1987, Landini et al. 2017, Landini et al. 2019, Maisch IV et al. 2018, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Marsili 2007, Marsili et al. 2007, Mora Morote 1996, Moreno and Díaz 2010, Purdy et al. 2001, Ralte et al. 2011, Suarez et al. 2006, Tanaka 2001, Uyeno and Matsushima 1974, Villafaña et al. 2019 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998
Sister taxa: Isurus appendiculatus, Isurus desori, Isurus desorii, Isurus flandricus, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus pagoda, Isurus paucus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus winkleri, Isurus xiphodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Chile (2), Japan (2), Taiwan (1), United States (9: California, Florida)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (1), Italy (5), Japan (4), Libya (1), Mexico (1), North Atlantic (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), United States (4: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Angola (1), Chile (1), Japan (3), North Atlantic (1), South Africa (1), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Angola (1), Australia (1), Belgium (2), Chile (7), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), France (2), Grenada (3), India (6), Italy (1), Japan (5), Malta (4), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Panama (4), Peru (8), Portugal (7), Spain (1), Sri Lanka (2), United States (8: California, Delaware, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of India (2), United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 122 collections including 123 occurrences
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