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Oxyrhina sheppeyensis

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae

Taxonomy
Oxyrhina sheppeyensis was named by Cassier (1966). Its type specimen is BMNH P 30804, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Oxyrhina sheppeyensis Cassier p. 82 figs. Plate 5, Figs. 19-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassOsteodonti
superorderLamnae
orderOdontaspidida
superfamilyIsuroidea
familyIsuridaeGray 1851
genusOxyrhina
speciessheppeyensis

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Oxyrhina sheppeyensis Cassier 1966
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Diagnosis
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