Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Otodus apiculatis, Otodus apiculatus
Synonyms: Oxyrhina enysii Davis 1888, Oxyrhina subvexa Davis 1888
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 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Davis 1888, Gibbes 1847 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Lamna affinis, Lamna barnitzkei, Lamna biauriculata, Lamna caurina, Lamna complanata, Lamna compressa, Lamna cornubicus, Lamna crassa, Lamna crassidens, Lamna ditropis, Lamna divergens, Lamna marginalis, Lamna nasus, Lamna quinquelateralis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (5 collections), New Zealand (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (4)
• Eocene of Australia (2)
• Cenozoic of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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