Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias contortidens, Lamna (Odontaspis) contortidens, Odontaspis contortidens
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Lamna according to L. Agassiz 1843
See also Agassiz 1843, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Ciobanu 1977, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Marsili et al. 2007 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Lamna affinis, Lamna barnitzkei, Lamna biauriculata, Lamna bronnii, Lamna caraibaea, Lamna caurina, Lamna complanata, Lamna compressa, Lamna cornubicus, Lamna crassa, Lamna crassidens, Lamna divergens, Lamna gracilis, Lamna manitobensis, Lamna marginalis, Lamna mediavia, Lamna mudgei, Lamna quinquelateralis, Lamna raphiodon, Lamna rupeliensis, Lamna serra, Lamna vincenti
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Italy (1), New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (4), Romania (1)
• Eocene of Australia (2), Namibia (1)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
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