Lamna crassa Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Alternative combination: Otodus crassus

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Lamna according to J. A. Dalinkevičius 1935

See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Chapman 1918, 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 crassidens, 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:

• Cretaceous of Lithuania (1 collection), New Zealand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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