Lamna apiculata Agassiz 1838 (mackerel shark)

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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