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Lamna raphiodon

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Taxonomy
Lamna (Odontaspis) rhaphiodon was named by Agassiz (1843). Its type specimen is BMNH 4582-3, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lamna raphiodon by Agassiz (1843); it was recombined as Lamna rhaphiodon by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Scapanorhynchus raphiodon by Dalinkevičius (1935), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Williamson et al. (1989), Cappetta and Case (1999), Guinot et al. (2013), Bice and Shimada (2016), Amalfitano et al. (2020) and Maisch et al. (2021); it was recombined as Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon by Woodward (1889), Chapman (1918), Applegate (1970), Uyeno (1972), Müller and Diedrich (1991) and Jambura et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lamna raphiodon Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 11-16
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) rhaphiodon Agassiz p. 296
1888Lamna hectori Davis p. 21 figs. Plate III, Fig. 16
1889Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Woodward p. 353
1902Lamna rhaphiodon Hay p. 303
1918Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Chapman p. 10
1935Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Dalinkevičius p. 266 figs. Pl 3, figs 70,71
1970Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Applegate p. 395
1972Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Uyeno p. 224
1981Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Thurmond and Jones p. 46
1989Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Williamson et al. p. 239 figs. 2A-E
1991Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Müller and Diedrich p. 28
1999Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Cappetta and Case p. 19 figs. Pl 11, figs 5-11
2013Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Guinot et al. p. 644 figs. 19C'-G'
2016Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Bice and Shimada p. 175 figs. 2G-I
2020Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Amalfitano et al. p. 264 figs. 3A-C
2021Scapanorhynchus raphiodon Maisch et al. pp. 5, 11 figs. A, E
2024Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon Jambura et al. p. 17 figs. 10A-I

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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
speciesraphiodon()

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 raphiodon Agassiz 1843
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available