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Lamna (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy

Lamna was named by Cuvier (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 958]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Lamninae.

It was assigned to Squalidae by Gibbes (1847) and Leidy (1873); to Lamninae by Hay (1902); to Orthacodontidae by Uyeno et al. (1981); to Isuridae by Weiler (1938), Rapp (1946) and Case (1981); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lamnidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Ameghino (1901), Jordan (1907), Chapman (1918), Jordan and Hanibal (1923), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Bohm (1926), Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Casier (1958), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966), Applegate (1970), Thurmond (1971), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Long (1992), Martin (1996), Purdy et al. (2001) and Compagno (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

L. nasus, L. rapax

Synonyms

Lamna marginalis was named by Davis (1888).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Chapman (1918).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1816	Lamna Cuvier
1847	Lamna Gibbes p. 196
1873	Lamna Leidy p. 351
1888	Lamna Davis p. 15
1888	Lamna marginalis Davis p. 19 figs. Plate 3, Figs. 8-10
1889	Lamna Woodward p. 392
1901	Lamna Ameghino p. 83
1902	Lamna Hay p. 302
1907	Lamna Jordan p. 106
1918	Lamna Chapman p. 13
1923	Lamna Jordan and Hanibal p. 50
1924	Lamna Chapman and Cudmore p. 126
1926	Lamna Bohm p. 77
1938	Lamna Weiler p. 7
1942	Lamna Leriche p. 14
1946	Lamna Casier p. 7
1946	Lamna Rapp p. 510
1958	Lamna Casier p. 54
1963	Lamna Jordan p. 599
1966	Lamna Cassier p. 74
1970	Lamna Applegate p. 396
1971	Lamna Thurmond p. 218
1981	Lamna Case p. 58
1981	Lamna Thurmond and Jones p. 53
1981	Lamna Uyeno et al. p. 84 figs. pl. 1, fg. K, Q, R
1992	Lamna Long p. 27
1996	Lamna Martin p. 51
2001	Lamna Purdy et al. p. 123
2002	Lamna Sepkoski
2005	Lamna Compagno

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Lamniformes	Berg 1958
family	Lamnidae	Müller and Henle 1838
genus	Lamna	Cuvier 1816

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.

G. Lamna Cuvier 1816 [mackerel shark]

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†Lamna affinis Casier 1950

†Lamna barnitzkei Bohm 1926

†Lamna biauriculata Wanner 1902

†Lamna biauriculata nigeriana Cappetta 1972

†Lamna bronnii Agassiz 1843

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Invalid names: Odontaspis acuta Davis 1888 [synonym]

†Lamna caraibaea Leriche 1938

†Lamna caurina Jordan and Hanibal 1923

†Lamna complanata Egerton 1845