Megalolamna Shimada et al. 2017 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Full reference: K. Shimada, R. E. Chandler, O. Lok Tao Lam, T. Tanaka, and D. J. Ward. 2017. A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade. Historical Biology 29(5):704-714

Parent taxon: Otodontidae according to K. Shimada et al. 2017

See also Landini et al. 2019 and Shimada et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Carcharocles, Cretolamna, Kenolamna, Megaselachus, Otodus, Palaeocarcharodon, Parotodus

Subtaxa: Megalolamna paradoxodon

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection), Japan (1), Peru (3), United States (3: California, Maryland, North Carolina)

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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