Lamna crassidens Agassiz 1838 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Alternative combination: Odontaspis crassidens

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Lamna according to N. S. Pledge 1967

See also Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1889

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (3 collections), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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