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Lamna serra

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Lamna serra was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH P.5761, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. nasus, L. rapax

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Lamna serra Woodward p. 400
1930Lamna serra Maury p. 80

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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
speciesserra

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 serra Woodward 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available