Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Cosmopolitodus planus, Oxyrhina plana
Belongs to Isurus according to N. Kuga 1985
See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1907, Jordan 1922, Jordan and Hanibal 1923 and Malyshkina et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Isurus desori, Isurus escheri, Isurus leptodon, Isurus moniwaensis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Isurus paucus, Isurus praecursor, Isurus retroflexus, Isurus sanctaeclarae, Isurus sillimanii, Isurus spallanzani
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Oregon)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Japan (13), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: California)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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