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Lamna caraibaea africana

Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae

Taxonomy
Lamna caraibaea africana was named by Dartevelle and Casier (1943). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Manzadi, point 4, bed 1, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Congo-Kinshasa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Lamna caraibaea africana Dartevelle and Casier p. 128 figs. Pl 8, figs 18-29

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RankNameAuthor
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
RankNameAuthor
familySerratolamnidae
genusLamna
speciescaraibaea()
subspeciesafricana

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.

†Lamna caraibaea africana Dartevelle and Casier 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Congo-Kinshasa Lamna caraibaea (type locality: 242372)