Isurus planus

Isurus planus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Lamnidae
Genus: Isurus
Species: I. planus
Binomial name
Isurus planus
(Agassiz, 1856)

Isurus planus, also known as the Hook-tooth Mako or Hooked Mako, is an extinct mako shark that lived during the Miocene epoch from 23-5 million years ago.[1] I. planus can only be found in marine deposits on the Pacific rim, especially the west coast of the United States.[1][2] Teeth belonging to I. planus can reach lengths of two inches, and are often found in Bakersfield, California.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Isurus planus, Shark-References". Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. Yabumoto, Y. and Uyeno, T. (1994), Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. Island Arc, 3: 255–269. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00115.x
  3. Malchow, A. 2009. MIOCENE SHARK TOOTH HILL LOCALITY, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. Geological Society of America North-Central Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (2-3 April 2009)


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