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Lamnidae (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Lamnidae Müller and Henle
1889Lamnidae Woodward p. 349
1902Lamnidae Hay p. 301
1904Lamnidae Eastman p. 78
1906Lamnidae Andrews p. 319
1942Lamnidae Leriche p. 13
1943Lamnidae Dartevelle and Casier p. 125
1963Lamnidae Jordan p. 599
1966Lamnidae Casier p. 74
1970Lamnidae Applegate p. 396
1981Lamnidae Thurmond and Jones p. 51
1983Lamnidae Bendix-Almgreen p. 2
1984Lamnidae Squires p. 57
1992Lamnidae Long p. 27
1994Lamnidae Cione and Reguero p. 7
2001Lamnidae Gottfried and Fordyce
2001Lamnidae Purdy et al. p. 109
2003Lamnidae Antunes and Balbino p. 143
2005Lamnidae Compagno
2007Lamnidae Cahuzac et al. p. 17
2007Lamnidae Marsili et al. p. 36
2009Lamnidae Adnet et al. p. 10
2009Lamnidae Ehret et al. p. 3
2012Lamnidae Cione et al. p. 169
2012Lamnidae Ehret et al. p. 1145
2016Lamnidae Nelson et al. p. 67
2017Lamnidae Szabo et al.
2018Lamnidae Kent p. 68
2019Lamnidae Ebersole et al. p. 56
2020Lamnidae Villafaña et al. p. 735
2024Lamnidae Agnolín et al.
2024Lamnidae Ebersole et al. p. 6
2024Lamnidae Malyshkina et al. p. 74
2025Lamnidae Landau et al. p. 12
2025Lamnidae Maisch IV et al. p. 16
2025Lamnidae Popov et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Lamnidae Müller and Henle 1838 [mackerel shark]
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G. †Alopecias Canto 1886
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G. Carcharodon Smith 1838 [white shark]
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Subg. †Carcharodon (Procarcharodon) Thurmond and Jones 1981
†Carcharodon acutidens Gibbes 1847
†Carcharodon arnoldi Jordan 1898
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Invalid names: Carcharodon riversi Jordan 1907 [synonym]
†Carcharodon branneri Jordan 1907
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 [great white shark]
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Invalid names: Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Carcharodon caifassi Lawley 1876 [synonym], Carcharodon etruscus Lawley 1881 [synonym], Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle 1841 [synonym]
†Carcharodon debrayi Leriche 1906
†Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838
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†Isurus hastalis trigonodon van de Geyn 1937
Invalid names: Isurus smithii Jordan 1907 [synonym], Oxyrhina acuminata Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina lata Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina trigonodon Agassiz 1843 [synonym], Oxyrhina tumula Agassiz 1856 [synonym]
†Carcharodon heterodon Agassiz 1835
†Carcharodon hubbelli Ehret et al. 2012
†Carcharodon humilis Koch 1904
†Carcharodon lanceolatus Agassiz 1838
†Carcharodon lanciformis Gibbes 1847
†Carcharodon leptodon Agassiz 1835
†Carcharodon leviathan Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Carcharodon megalotis Agassiz 1835
†Carcharodon morricei Jordan 1926
†Carcharodon mortoni Gibbes 1847
†Carcharodon nodai Yabumoto 1989
†Carcharodon productus Agassiz 1838
†Carcharodon purplei Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Carcharodon semiserratus Agassiz 1839
†Carcharodon stromeri Dartevelle and Casier 1943
†Carcharodon subserratus Agassiz 1843
†Carcharodon tembloris Jordan 1926
†Carcharodon toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Invalid names: Procarcharodon Casier 1960 [synonym]
G. †Carcharoides Ameghino 1901
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†Carcharoides catticus Philippi 1846
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Invalid names: Lamna (Odontaspis) lupus Le Hon 1871 [synonym]
†Carcharoides tenuidens Chapman 1913
†Carcharoides totuserratus Ameghino 1901
†Lamna cattica cattica Philippi 1846
G. †Carcharomodus Kriwet et al. 2015
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†Carcharomodus escheri Agassiz 1843
G. †Cosmopolitodus Glikman 1964
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†Cosmopolitodus planus Agassiz 1856
†Cosmopolitodus plicatilis Agassiz 1843
G. †Exoles Gistel 1848
G. †Isurolamna Cappetta 1976
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†Isurolamna bajarunasi Glickman and Zhelezko 1985
†Isurolamna gracilis Le Hon 1871
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Invalid names: Otodus rupeliensis Le Hon 1871 [synonym]
†Isurolamna inflata Leriche 1905
Invalid names: Odontaspis hopei affinis Casier 1946 [synonym]
G. Isurus Rafinesque 1810
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†Isurus appendiculatus Agassiz 1835
†Isurus desori Sismonda 1849
†Isurus desorii Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina grandis Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina minutus Cope 1875 [synonym]
†Isurus flandricus Leriche 1910
†Isurus leptodon Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Isurus gracilis Le Hon 1871 [synonym]
†Isurus moniwaensis Hatai et al. 1974
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 [shortfin mako]
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Invalid names: Isurus spallanzani Rafinesque 1810 [synonym], Oxyrhina glauca Müller and Henle 1839 [synonym], Oxyrhina spallanzanii Bonaparte 1841 [synonym]
†Isurus pagoda Noetling 1901
Isurus paucus Guitart-Manday 1966
†Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
†Isurus retroflexus Agassiz 1838
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina recta Davis 1888 [synonym]
†Isurus sanctaeclarae Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Isurus sillimanii Gibbes 1847
†Isurus winkleri Vincent 1876
†Isurus xiphodon Agassiz 1838
G. Lamna Cuvier 1816 [mackerel shark]
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†Lamna affinis Casier 1950
†Lamna apiculata Agassiz 1838
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina enysii Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina subvexa Davis 1888 [synonym]
†Lamna barnitzkei Bohm 1926
†Lamna biauriculata Wanner 1902
†Lamna caurina Jordan and Hanibal 1923
†Lamna complanata Egerton 1845
†Lamna compressa Agassiz 1843
†Lamna cornubicus Gmelin 1789
†Lamna crassa Agassiz 1843
†Lamna crassidens Agassiz 1838
Lamna ditropis Hubbs and Follett 1947 [salmon shark]
†Lamna divergens Egerton 1845
Lamna nasus Bonnaterre 1788 [porbeagle]
†Lamna quinquelateralis Cragin 1894
Invalid names: Lamna marginalis Davis 1888 [nomen dubium]
G. †Lethenia Baut and Génault 1999
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†Lethenia vandenbroecki Winkler 1880
G. †Macrorhizodus Glikman 1964
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†Macrorhizodus americanus Leriche 1942
†Macrorhizodus falcata Rogovich 1860
†Macrorhizodus nolfi Zhelezko 1999
†Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905
G. †Oxyprinichthys Ameghino 1901
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†Oxyprinichthys aprioniferus Ameghino 1901
†Oxyprinichthys prioniferus Ameghino 1901
G. †Plectrostoma Gistel 1848
G. †Rhizoquadrangulus Baut and Génault 1999
G. †Selanonius Fleming 1828
G. †Uyenoa Kuga 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available