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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

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
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 Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Lamna serra (167994)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Egypt (Al Wadi al Jadid) Lamna serra (38669)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Lamna serra (88070)