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Isurus sp., Mako shark(s)

genus Isurus Rafinesque, 1810

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (94.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Elasmobranchii, order Lamniformes, family Lamnidae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Miyagi, Nagano, Ishikawa, Saitama, Kanagawa, Mie, Kagawa

• Subtaxa
• I. desori
• I. hastalis => Cosmopolitodus hastalis, Broad-tooth white shark
• I. planus, Hooked- tooth white shark