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Oxyrhina plana

Synonyms: Isurus planus

Wikipedia Abstract

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. I. planus can only be found in marine deposits on the Pacific rim, especially the west coast of the United States. Teeth belonging to I. planus can reach lengths of two inches, and are often found in Bakersfield, California.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0