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Oxyrhina

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae

Taxonomy

Oxyrhina was named by Agassiz (1838).

It was synonymized subjectively with Isurus by Hay (1902), Jordan (1907), Jordan and Hanibal (1923).

It was assigned to Squalidae by Gibbes (1847), Leidy (1873); to Lamnidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Ameghino (1901), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Eastman (1904), Leriche (1926), White (1926), Bohm (1926), Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966); and to Isuridae by Herman (1977).

Species

O. crassa, O. laevigata, O. leptodon, O. minuta (syn. O. fastigata), O. plicatilis, O. praecursor, O. quadrans, O. subbasalis, O. subinflata, O. triangularis, O. uncidens, O. vanieri, O. vonhaastii, O. wilsonii, O. zippei

Species lacking formal opinion data

O. agassizi, O. cuspidata, O. desori, O. elegans, O. eocaena, O. macrorhisa, O. mantellia, O. xiphiodon, O. xyphodon

Synonyms

Oxyrhina vonhaastii was named by Davis (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oamaru, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in New Zealand.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Chapman (1918).
Oxyrhina laevigata was named by Daimeries (1888).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Daimeries (1888).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1838	Oxyrhina Agassiz p. 86
1847	Oxyrhina Gibbes p. 201
1873	Oxyrhina Leidy p. 351
1888	Oxyrhina laevigata Daimeries p. 46
1888	Oxyrhina Davis p. 26
1888	Oxyrhina vonhaastii Davis p. 26 figs. Plate IV, Figs. 1-3
1889	Oxyrhina Woodward p. 376
1901	Oxyrhina Ameghino p. 83
1904	Oxyrhina Chapman and Pritchard p. 280
1904	Oxyrhina Eastman p. 79
1926	Oxyrhina Bohm p. 76
1926	Oxyrhina Leriche p. 397
1926	Oxyrhina White p. 24
1942	Oxyrhina Leriche p. 33
1946	Oxyrhina Casier p. 82
1958	Oxyrhina Casier p. 36
1963	Oxyrhina Jordan p. 599
1966	Oxyrhina Cassier p. 82
1977	Oxyrhina Herman p. 167

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Elasmobranchii	(Bonaparte 1838)
infraclass	Osteodonti
superorder	Lamnae
order	Odontaspidida
superfamily	Isuroidea
family	Isuridae	Gray 1851
genus	Oxyrhina

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.

G. †Oxyrhina Agassiz 1838

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†Isurus desorii Agassiz 1843

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Invalid names: Oxyrhina grandis Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina minutus Cope 1875 [synonym]

†Oxyrhina crassa Agassiz 1843

†Oxyrhina leptodon Agassiz 1843

†Oxyrhina minuta Agassiz 1843

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Invalid names: Oxyrhina fastigata Davis 1888 [synonym]

†Oxyrhina plicatilis Agassiz 1843

†Oxyrhina praecursor Leriche 1942

†Oxyrhina praecursor americana Leriche 1942

†Oxyrhina quadrans Agassiz 1843

†Oxyrhina subbasalis Kiprijanoff 1854

†Oxyrhina subinflata Agassiz 1843

†Oxyrhina triangularis Egerton 1845

†Oxyrhina uncidens Ameghino 1901

†Oxyrhina vanieri Rouault 1858

†Oxyrhina wilsonii Gibbes 1847

†Oxyrhina zippei Agassiz 1843

Invalid names: Oxyrhina laevigata Daimeries 1888 [nomen nudum], Oxyrhina vonhaastii Davis 1888 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Created:

2009-07-21 07:06:40

Modified:

2009-07-21 09:06:40

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Pleistocene or 113.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (66 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	O. subinflata (55335)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Switzerland	O. macrorhisa (2237)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Poland	O. mantellia (241871)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	France	O. subinflata (242174)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	Isurus desorii (52504)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (New Jersey)	Isurus desorii (3113)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom	O. praecursor (85229)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (New Jersey)	Isurus desorii (126161)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah)	O. desori (42459)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	O. praecursor (13299 22804)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Angola (Cabinda)	O. praecursor (83988 242382 242405 275442)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Nigeria	O. desori (60711)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Egypt	O. sp. (41898)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Angola	O. praecursor (242407)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Australia (South Australia)	Isurus desorii (159894)
Lutetian - Chattian	48.07 - 23.04	Congo-Kinshasa	O. praecursor (275439) O. praecursor, O. desori (275437)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Egypt	O. desori (41909)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Nigeria	O. desori (32905)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Barbados	O. sp., O. desori (220735)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	O. praecursor (45630)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Barbados	O. desori (205153)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Alabama)	O. praecursor (28983)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Namibia (Sperrgebiet)	O. sp. (149316)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Romania (Cluj-Napoca)	O. quadrans (221117)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Angola (Cabinda)	O. desori (56682 72300)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Australia (Victoria)	Isurus desorii, Isurus minutus (48647) Isurus minutus (174143) O. minuta, O. desori (46166)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Venezuela (Falcon)	O. sp., O. desori (221443)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene	27.3 - 15.98	Australia (Victoria)	Isurus desorii (51395)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Italy	O. minuta, O. desori (47623)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Australia (Tasmania)	Isurus minutus (28307)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Australia (Victoria)	O. desori (122381)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	USA (South Carolina)	O. praecursor (18506)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	New Zealand (South Island)	Isurus minutus, O. fastigiata (202913) O. vonhaastii (204196)
Neogene	23.04 - 2.58	South Pacific	O. crassa (99615) O. sp. (99582 99611 99612)
Neogene	23.04 - 2.58	North Pacific	O. crassa (99614) O. sp. (99580)
Neogene	23.04 - 2.58	USA (Hawaii)	O. sp. (99581)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Slovakia	O. leptodon (48642)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Australia (South Australia)	Isurus desorii (159888)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (New Jersey)	O. xiphiodon, O. minuta (18587)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (Maryland)	O. cuspidata (57786) O. elegans (70593)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	Australia (Victoria)	O. eocaena, O. minuta, O. desori (46164)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Australia (Victoria)	O. minuta (122377)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	USA (Maryland)	O. desorii (48884) O. sp. (45506)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	USA (Maryland)	O. desorii (57782)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Czechia (Uvaly)	O. xyphodon, O. desorii (148217)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Poland	O. desori (121515)
Hemphillian	9.4 - 4.7	Costa Rica (Puntarenas)	Isurus desorii (144596)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Australia (Victoria)	O. eocaena, O. desori, Isurus minutus (46167)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Italy (Tuscany)	O. agassizi (96777)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	South Africa	O. sp. (77479)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Aruba	O. sp. (209193)