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Lamna contortidens

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Lamna (Odontaspis) contortidens was named by Agassiz (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lamna contortidens by Agassiz (1843), Lawley (1876), Locard (1877) and Ciobanu (1977); it was recombined as Carcharias contortidens by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Odontaspis contortidens by Woodward (1889), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Chapman (1918), Chapman and Cudmore (1924) and Marsili et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. nasus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lamna contortidens Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 17-23
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) contortidens Agassiz p. 294 figs. Plate 37a, Figs. 17-23
1847Lamna (Odontaspis) contortidens Gibbes p. 197
1876Lamna contortidens Lawley
1877Lamna contortidens Locard p. 7
1889Odontaspis contortidens Woodward p. 366
1902Carcharias contortidens Hay p. 301
1904Odontaspis contortidens Chapman and Pritchard p. 275
1918Odontaspis contortidens Chapman p. 11
1924Odontaspis contortidens Chapman and Cudmore p. 122
1977Lamna contortidens Ciobanu p. 45
2007Odontaspis contortidens Marsili et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusLamnaCuvier 1816
speciescontortidens()

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 contortidens Agassiz 1843
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 38.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) Carcharias contortidens (159894)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Lamna contortidens (149316)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Carcharias contortidens (159896)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Lamna contortidens (187379)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Odontaspis contortidens (122348)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Odontaspis contortidens (45794 46166 174143)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy Odontaspis contortidens (47623)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) Carcharias contortidens (159910)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Odontaspis contortidens (202915)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Odontaspis contortidens (204195)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Odontaspis contortidens (179947)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Odontaspis contortidens (154112)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Carcharias contortidens (159914)