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Isurus praecursor

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones p. 55 figs. Fig. 21
1984Isurus praecursor Squires p. 57 figs. Figure 13f
1994Isurus praecursor Cione and Reguero p. 5
2019Isurus praecursor Cantalice et al. p. 431

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusIsurusRafinesque 1810
speciespraecursor

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.

Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Isurus praecursor (8011)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Isurus praecursor (149634 149635)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Uzbekistan Isurus praecursor (62573)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Ukraine (Crimea) Isurus praecursor (140018)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9Egypt Isurus praecursor (62459)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Isurus praecursor (200654)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Isurus praecursor (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Isurus praecursor (211009)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany Isurus praecursor (121968)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Togo Isurus praecursor (32991)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) Isurus praecursor (120885)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Isurus praecursor (53666)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Isurus praecursor (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Isurus praecursor (3534)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Antarctica Isurus praecursor (31173)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Isurus praecursor (55251 75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Isurus praecursor (96952)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Isurus praecursor (45640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Isurus praecursor (100475)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Isurus praecursor (163744)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt Isurus praecursor (62468)