Lamna crassidens Agassiz 1838 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Alternative combination: Odontaspis crassidens

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Lamna according to L. Agassiz 1838

See also Agassiz 1843, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1889

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 divergens, Lamna gracilis, Lamna manitobensis, Lamna marginalis, Lamna mediavia, Lamna mudgei, Lamna quinquelateralis, Lamna raphiodon, Lamna rupeliensis, Lamna serra, Lamna vincenti

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (3 collections), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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