Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Full reference: J. Kriwet, H. Mewis, and O. Hampe. 2015. A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60:857-875
Parent taxon: Lamnidae according to J. Kriwet et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Alopecias, Carcharodon, Carcharoides, Cosmopolitodus, Exoles, Isurolamna, Isurus, Lamna, Lethenia, Macrorhizodus, Oxyprinichthys, Plectrostoma, Rhizoquadrangulus, Selanonius, Uyenoa
Subtaxa: Carcharomodus escheri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (2), France (2), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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