Lamna caurina Jordan and Hanibal 1923 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Full reference: D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal. 1923. Fossil sharks and rays of the Pacific slope of North America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 22:27-63

Belongs to Lamna according to D. S. Jordan and H. Hanibal 1923

Sister taxa: Lamna affinis, Lamna barnitzkei, Lamna biauriculata, Lamna bronnii, Lamna caraibaea, 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 serra, Lamna vincenti

Type specimen: LSJU 903, a set of teeth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lamna caurina in the database

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