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Lamna (mackerel shark)
Taxonomy
Lamna was named by Cuvier (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 958]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Lamninae.
It was assigned to Squalidae by Gibbes (1847), Leidy (1873); to Lamninae by Hay (1902); to Isuridae by Weiler (1938), Rapp (1946), Case (1981); to Orthacodontidae by Uyeno et al. (1981); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lamnidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Ameghino (1901), Jordan (1907), Chapman (1918), Jordan and Hanibal (1923), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Bohm (1926), Leriche (1942), Dartevelle and Casier (1943), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966), Applegate (1970), Thurmond (1971), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Long (1992), Martin (1996), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005).
It was assigned to Squalidae by Gibbes (1847), Leidy (1873); to Lamninae by Hay (1902); to Isuridae by Weiler (1938), Rapp (1946), Case (1981); to Orthacodontidae by Uyeno et al. (1981); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lamnidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Ameghino (1901), Jordan (1907), Chapman (1918), Jordan and Hanibal (1923), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Bohm (1926), Leriche (1942), Dartevelle and Casier (1943), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966), Applegate (1970), Thurmond (1971), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Long (1992), Martin (1996), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Lamna Cuvier |
| 1847 | Lamna Gibbes p. 196 |
| 1873 | Lamna Leidy p. 351 |
| 1888 | Lamna Davis p. 15 |
| 1888 | Lamna marginalis Davis p. 19 figs. Plate 3, Figs. 8-10 |
| 1889 | Lamna Woodward p. 392 |
| 1901 | Lamna Ameghino p. 83 |
| 1902 | Lamna Hay p. 302 |
| 1907 | Lamna Jordan p. 106 |
| 1918 | Lamna Chapman p. 13 |
| 1923 | Lamna Jordan and Hanibal p. 50 |
| 1924 | Lamna Chapman and Cudmore p. 126 |
| 1926 | Lamna Bohm p. 77 |
| 1938 | Lamna Weiler p. 7 |
| 1942 | Lamna Leriche p. 14 |
| 1943 | Lamna Dartevelle and Casier p. 125 |
| 1946 | Lamna Casier p. 7 |
| 1946 | Lamna Rapp p. 510 |
| 1958 | Lamna Casier p. 54 |
| 1963 | Lamna Jordan p. 599 |
| 1966 | Lamna Cassier p. 74 |
| 1970 | Lamna Applegate p. 396 |
| 1971 | Lamna Thurmond p. 218 |
| 1981 | Lamna Case p. 58 |
| 1981 | Lamna Thurmond and Jones p. 53 |
| 1981 | Lamna Uyeno et al. p. 84 figs. pl. 1, fg. K, Q, R |
| 1992 | Lamna Long p. 27 |
| 1996 | Lamna Martin p. 51 |
| 2001 | Lamna Purdy et al. p. 123 |
| 2002 | Lamna Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Lamna Compagno |
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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.
G. Lamna Cuvier 1816 [mackerel shark]
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†Lamna affinis Casier 1950
†Lamna barnitzkei Bohm 1926
†Lamna biauriculata Wanner 1902
†Lamna biauriculata nigeriana Cappetta 1972
†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 132.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma
Collections (90 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cretaceous | New Zealand (South Island) | Lamna sp. (204190) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | Germany | Lamna sp. (91586) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | United Kingdom (England) | Lamna spp. (235313) | |
| Albian | USA (Texas) | Lamna sp. (99148) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Lithuania | Lamna crassa (213710) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | Lamna sp. (58637) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Kansas) | Lamna quinquelateralis (130807) | |
| Cenomanian | Poland | Lamna sp. (241871) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Sweden | Lamna sp. (70427) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Poland | Lamna sp. (241886) | |
| Coniacian | USA (Texas) | Lamna sp. (239818) | |
| Middle Santonian | Congo-Kinshasa | Lamna biauriculata (275224) | |
| Santonian | USA (New Mexico) | Lamna sp. (52831) | |
| Campanian | New Zealand (South Island) | Lamna crassa, Lamna marginalis (101382) | |
| Campanian | Congo-Brazzaville | Lamna biauriculata (191894) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany | Lamna sp. (64142) | |
| Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Lamna sp. (167918) | |
| Maastrichtian | Congo-Kinshasa | Lamna biauriculata (242372 242373 242374 242375 242376) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger | Lamna biauriculata (229529) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | Lamna nigeriana (178660) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Lamna sp. (3113 124965 124966) | |
| Ypresian | Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) | Lamna libyca, Lamna sp. (42459) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Lamna affinis (185917) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Lamna sp., Lamna affinis (13299) | |
| Ypresian | Spain | Lamna sp. (71633) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Fukuoka) | Lamna sp. (161438) | |
| Lutetian | India (Gujarat) | Lamna sp. (45591) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Lamna nasus (53666) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Lamna sp. (39892) | |
| Bartonian | Poland | Lamna sp. (49751) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | Lamna lerichi (3534) | |
| Bartonian | Egypt | Lamna sp. (42054) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Antarctica | Lamna nasus (31173) | |
| Priabonian | Australia (South Australia) | Lamna sp. (205781) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Georgia) | Lamna sp. (45640) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Lamna lerichi (55251) | |
| Priabonian | Romania (Cluj-Napoca) | Lamna sp. (221117) | |
| Priabonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | Lamna barnitzkei (149316) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Japan (Fukushima) | Lamna sp. (161439) | |
| Rupelian | Azerbaijan | Lamna sp. (45740) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium | Lamna sp. (277490) Lamna vandenbroecki (277478) | |
| Rupelian | New Zealand | Lamna compressa (187476) | |
| Oligocene | Australia (Victoria) | Lamna crassidens (122348) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Lamna compressa (174143) Lamna sp. (46166) | |
| Chattian | New Zealand (South Otago) | Lamna sp. (45653) | |
| Chattian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Lamna sp. (221443) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Lamna sp. (87888) | |
| Aquitanian | Austria | Lamna sp. (76129) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Lamna sp. (78552) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India (Mizoram) | Lamna sp. (241735) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lamna crassidens (159887) | |
| Miocene | Japan (Nagano) | Lamna sp. (161443) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Lamna nasus (22220) | |
| Neogene | South Pacific | Lamna sp. (99582 99615) | |
| Neogene | USA (Hawaii) | Lamna sp. (99581) | |
| Neogene | Japan | Lamna sp. (99577) | |
| Neogene | North Pacific | Lamna sp. (99578 99579 99614) | |
| Burdigalian | South Africa (Namaqualand) | Lamna sp. (51190) | |
| Burdigalian | Slovakia | Lamna contoridens, Lamna tarnocziensis (48642) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Lamna compressa (46164) | |
| Burdigalian - Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Lamna totuserrata (133690) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Lamna crassidens (72188) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Odontaspis crassidens (161996) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Tunisia (Gafsa) | Lamna sp. (35279) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Lamna unicuspidens, Lamna amplibasidens, Lamna serridens (13626) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Lamna nasus (162679) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Lamna sp. (53889) | |
| Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Lamna sp., Lamna crassidens (46167) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Lamna sp. (154112) | |
| Zanclean | Holy See (Vatican City State) | Lamna sp. (209253) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Lamna sp. (52582) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lamna sp. (159914) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | Lamna nasus (277335) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | USA (California) | Lamna ditropis (277711) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Lamna sp. (77596) | |
| Chibanian | USA (California) | Lamna ditropis (219033) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lamna ditropis (160361 219031) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Lamna ditropis (101898) |