Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Isurus oxyrhinchus, Isurus oxyrhynchus
Synonym: Oxyrhina spallanzanii Bonaparte 1841
Belongs to Isurus according to W. Landini et al. 2019
See also Arambourg 1927, Boessenecker 2011, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Case 1981, dos Reis 2005, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Kuga 1985, Marsili et al. 2007, Purdy et al. 2001 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998
Sister taxa: Isurus desori, Isurus escheri, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus novus, Isurus paucus, Isurus planus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus spallanzani, Isurus winkleri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Japan (2), United States (2: California)
• Blancan of Mexico (1)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Australia (1), Italy (2), Japan (3), Libya (1), South Africa (1), United States (4: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (1), Belgium (1), Chile (2), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), France (3), Grenada (3), Italy (1), Japan (5), Malta (4), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Panama (4), Peru (5), Portugal (3), Spain (1), United States (8: California, Delaware, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Eocene of India (1), United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 72 collections including 73 occurrences
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