Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613
Belongs to Lamna according to C. J. Maury 1930
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 mediavia, Lamna mudgei, Lamna quinquelateralis, Lamna raphiodon, Lamna rupeliensis, Lamna vincenti
Type specimen: BMNH P.5761, a set of teeth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Egypt (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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