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Isuridae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)86860https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86860
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Odontaspidida : Isuridae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassOsteodonti
superorderLamnae
orderOdontaspidida
superfamilyIsuroideaGlükman 1964
familyIsuridaeGray 1851
Common Namemackerel shark
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Isuridaefamilybelongs to Plagiostomistated without evidenceWeiler, 1938
Isuridaefamilybelongs to GaleoideaimpliedMiller, 1967
Isuridaefamilybelongs to Galeoideastated without evidenceDeraniyagala, 1969
Isuridaefamilybelongs to Isuroideastated with evidenceHerman, 1975
Isuridaefamilybelongs to Isuroideistated without evidenceCase, 1981
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)22
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (14%)
First Recorded Appearance122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Odontaspidida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Odontaspidida)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. E. P. Deraniyagala. 1969. A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 31(II):1-17

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Galeolamna
genus
listed (PBDB)423.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Isuropsis
genus
listed (PBDB)
Oxyrhina
genus
listed (PBDB)33113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
5.33 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1851Isuridae Gray
1938Isuridae Weiler p. 7
1967Isuridae Miller p. 223
1969Isuridae Deraniyagala
1975Isuridae Herman p. 167
1981Isuridae Case p. 56

References

Deraniyagala P. E. P. (1969) A Miocene vertebrate faunule from the Malu member of Ceylon, Spolia Zeylanica 31 II, 1-17
Weiler W. (1938) Neue Untersuchungen an Mitteloligozänen Fischen Ungarns, Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 15, 1-31
Miller H. W. (1967) Cretaceous vertebrates from Phoebus Landing, North Carolina, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119, 219-235
Herman J. (1975) Les Selaciens de sterrains neocretaces and paleocenes de Belgique and des contrees limitrophes Elements d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale, Memoires pour servier a l'explications des Cartes geologiques et minieres de la Belgique 15, 1-401
Case G. R. (1981) Late Eocene Selachians from South-Central Georgia, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 176 Lfg. 1-3, 52-79
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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