ChondrichthyesLamniformesLamniformesL. V. Compagno 2005Adnet et al. 2009Andrews 1906Antunes and Balbino 2003Applegate 1970Bendix-Almgreen 1983Cassier 1966Cione et al. 2012Cione and Reguero 1994Eastman 1904Ehret et al. 2009Ehret et al. 2012Gottfried and Fordyce 2001Jordan 1963Kent 2018Leriche 1942Long 1992Marsili et al. 2007Purdy et al. 2001Squires 1984Szabo et al. 2017Thurmond and Jones 1981Woodward 1889View classificationBrazilJapanTaiwanAlabamaCaliforniaFloridaGeorgiaSouth CarolinaAustraliaAngolaArgentinaAustraliaChileItalyJapanLibyaMexicoNew ZealandSouth AfricaSpainCaliforniaFloridaNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaPortugalMexicoCaliforniaFloridaArgentinaAustraliaChileMexicoPanamaSouth AfricaCaliforniaJapanMadagascarSouth PacificCaliforniaHawaiiArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaCubaDenmarkFijiFranceGermanyGreeceGrenadaIndiaItalyJapanMaltaMexicothe NetherlandsNew ZealandPanamaPeruPolandPortugalSlovakiaSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaTunisiaAlaskaCaliforniaDelawareFloridaMarylandNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaVirginiaUruguayVenezuelaArgentinaAustraliaAustraliaAzerbaijanthe Czech RepublicFranceGermanyHungaryJapanthe NetherlandsNew ZealandRomaniaUkraineCaliforniaFloridaMississippiAntarcticaArgentinaAustraliaChileEgyptGermanyIndiaJamaicaJapanJordanMexicoNamibiaNew ZealandPolandSaudi ArabiaSenegalSpainTogothe United KingdomAlabamaCaliforniaGeorgiaLouisianaMarylandMississippiNorth CarolinaVirginiaWashingtonUzbekistanFranceKazakhstanAlabamaMarylandNew JerseySouth CarolinaVirginiaBrazilChileEgyptGermanyJordanNigerSouth AfricaSwedenthe United KingdomMarylandNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaSouth DakotaTexasWyoming
Family Lamnidae Mller and Henle 1838 (mackerel shark)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes
PaleoDB taxon number: 80587
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to L. V. Compagno 2005
See also Adnet et al. 2009, Andrews 1906, Antunes and Balbino 2003, Applegate 1970, Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Cassier 1966, Cione et al. 2012, Cione and Reguero 1994, Eastman 1904, Ehret et al. 2009, Ehret et al. 2012, Gottfried and Fordyce 2001, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Leriche 1942, Long 1992, Marsili et al. 2007, Purdy et al. 2001, Squires 1984, Szabo et al. 2017, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Anacoracidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Hispidaspis, Isurolamna, Megachasmidae, Microcorax, Odontaspididae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paranomotodon, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae
Subtaxa: Alopecias, Carcharodon, Corax, Exoles, Isurus, Lamna, Oxyprinichthys, Plectrostoma, Selanonius
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Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Environments: marine (166 collections), coastal (36), (14), estuary/bay (13), marginal marine (8), shallow subtidal (7), carbonate (6), deep-water (5), offshore (5), terrestrial (5), shoreface (5), foreshore (5), open shallow subtidal (5), fluvial (3), lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal (3), offshore shelf (3), lagoonal (2), transition zone/lower shoreface (2), basinal (siliceous) (2), reef, buildup or bioherm (2), paralic (2), lacustrine (1), sinkhole (1), fine channel fill (1), fluvial-deltaic (1), offshore (1), fissure fill (1), mire/swamp (1), slope/ramp reef (1), deep subtidal shelf (1)
Age range: 136.4 to 0.012 Ma
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Japan (5), Taiwan (1), United States (10: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Argentina (1), Australia (5), Chile (3), Italy (7), Japan (2), Libya (1), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), South Africa (2), Spain (4), United States (17: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Chile (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), South Africa (2), United States (1: California)
• Neogene of Japan (2), Madagascar (1), South Pacific (3), United States (4: California, Hawaii)
• Miocene of Argentina (5), Australia (8), Austria (5), Brazil (3), Chile (4), Colombia (4), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), Denmark (2), Fiji (1), France (6), Germany (3), Greece (1), Grenada (3), India (9), Italy (2), Japan (25), Malta (5), Mexico (6), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (1), Panama (11), Peru (12), Poland (2), Portugal (3), Slovakia (3), South Africa (2), Spain (6), Sri Lanka (2), Tunisia (1), United States (46: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (4), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (4), Azerbaijan (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Japan (3), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: California, Florida, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Antarctica (6), Argentina (1), Australia (3), Chile (1), Egypt (5), Germany (1), India (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Spain (1), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (30), United States (22: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington), Uzbekistan (2)
• Paleocene of France (1), Kazakhstan (2), United States (12: Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2), Chile (1), Egypt (2), Germany (2), Jordan (1), Niger (1), South Africa (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (22: Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 440 collections including 711 occurrences
