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Serratolamna gafsana

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae

Taxonomy
Lamna gafsana was named by White (1926).

It was recombined as Serratolamna gafsana by Landemaine (1991), Boulemia and Adnet (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2023-11-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Lamna gafsana White
1971Lamna gafsana Casier p. 4 figs. Pl, figs 3-5
1991Serratolamna gafsana Landemaine p. 15
2023Serratolamna gafsana Boulemia and Adnet p. 4 figs. 2L-M

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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
familySerratolamnidae
genusSerratolamna
speciesgafsana(White 1926)

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.

Serratolamna gafsana White 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.24000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria Serratolamna gafsana (232262)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Qatar Lamna gafsana (277933) Lamna gafsana, Lamna gafsana (277931 277932)