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Cosmopolitodus xiphodon
Taxonomy
Oxyrhina xiphodon was named by Agassiz (1838).
It was recombined as Isurus xiphodon by Purdy et al. (2001); it was recombined as Cosmopolitodus xiphodon by Cahuzac et al. (2007); it was synonymized subjectively with Isurus hastalis by Fowler (1911), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Marsili et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Isurus xiphodon by Purdy et al. (2001); it was recombined as Cosmopolitodus xiphodon by Cahuzac et al. (2007); it was synonymized subjectively with Isurus hastalis by Fowler (1911), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Marsili et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Oxyrhina xiphodon Agassiz figs. Pl 33, figs 11-17 |
| 1843 | Oxyrhina xiphodon Agassiz figs. Pl P, fig 6 |
| 1847 | Oxyrhina xiphodon Gibbes p. 201 |
| 2001 | Isurus xiphodon Purdy et al. p. 119 |
| 2007 | Cosmopolitodus xiphodon Cahuzac et al. p. 17 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Cosmopolitodus xiphodon Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Slovakia | Oxyrhina xiphodon (48642) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Isurus xiphodon (211703) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Isurus xiphodon (52582) |