†Megalolamna serotinus Probst 1879 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combination: Otodus serotinus
Synonyms: Lamna bassanii Alessandri 1897, Megalolamna paradoxodon Shimada et al. 2017
Belongs to Megalolamna according to J. PollerspoĢck and K. Shimada 2024
See also Landini et al. 2019, Shimada et al. 2024 and Shimada et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Megalolamna serotinus: GPIT-PV-31738, a tooth
- Lamna bassanii: Its type locality is Rosignano (La Colma), which is in a Burdigalian carbonate limestone in Italy.
- Megalolamna paradoxodon: UCMP 112146, a tooth. Its type locality is Pyramid Hill, upper concretion-bearing bed, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Jewett Formation of California.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Colombia (1), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), Peru (3), United States (3: California, Maryland, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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