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Lamna crassidens

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Lamna crassidens was named by Agassiz (1838).

It was recombined as Odontaspis crassidens by Woodward (1889) and Chapman and Cudmore (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. nasus, L. rapax

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Lamna crassidens Agassiz figs. Pl 35, figs 8-21
1843Lamna crassidens Agassiz p. 292
1847Lamna crassidens Gibbes p. 197
1889Odontaspis crassidens Woodward p. 373
1902Lamna crassidens Hay p. 302
1904Lamna crassidens Chapman and Pritchard p. 278
1924Odontaspis crassidens Chapman and Cudmore p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusLamnaCuvier 1816
speciescrassidens

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Lamna crassidens Agassiz 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Messinian or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Lamna crassidens (122348)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (South Australia) Lamna crassidens (159887)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Lamna crassidens (72188)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Odontaspis crassidens (161996)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Lamna crassidens (46167)