Lamna compressa Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

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 and Gibbes 1847

Sister taxa: Lamna affinis, Lamna apiculata, Lamna barnitzkei, Lamna biauriculata, Lamna caurina, Lamna complanata, Lamna cornubicus, Lamna crassa, Lamna crassidens, Lamna ditropis, Lamna divergens, Lamna marginalis, Lamna nasus, Lamna quinquelateralis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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