Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810

Höltke, Olaf, Salvador, Rodrigo B. & Rasser, Michael W., 2023, Trophic relationships in the Early Miocene Upper Marine Molasse of Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany, with special emphasis on the elasmobranch fauna, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 46) 26 (3), pp. 1-38 : 33

Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810

Tooth type: Tearing.

This is a living species that feeds on bony and cartilaginous fishes, having a TL of 4.3 (Cortés, 1999). Large specimens also feed on small cetaceans (Ebert et al., 2021). This species inhabits the open ocean and coastal waters, from the surface to 888 m depth (Ebert et al., 2021).