Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111
Belongs to Lamna according to Leriche 1940
Sister taxa: Lamna affinis, Lamna barnitzkei, Lamna biauriculata, Lamna bronnii, Lamna caraibaea, Lamna caurina, Lamna complanata, Lamna compressa, Lamna contortidens, Lamna cornubicus, Lamna crassa, Lamna crassidens, Lamna divergens, Lamna gracilis, Lamna manitobensis, Lamna marginalis, Lamna mudgei, Lamna quinquelateralis, Lamna raphiodon, Lamna rupeliensis, Lamna serra, Lamna vincenti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Prarie Creek, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in Alabama
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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