Lamniformes
| Lamniformes Temporal range: Possible Late Jurassic record if the Palaeocarcharias are a lamniform
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| Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Infraclass: | Euselachii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes L. S. Berg, 1958 |
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The Lamniformes (/ˈlæmnɪfɔːrmiːz/, from Greek lamna "fish of prey") are an order of sharks. They are commonly known as mackerel sharks. The order include the Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias),[1] Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and Shortfin mako shark (Isurus paucus) from example.
Extinct family include the Otodontidae and Cretoxyrhinidae. This family include the famous megatoothed shark Carcharocles megalodon of Neogene[2] and the Ginsu shark (Cretoxyrhina mantelli) of Early and Late Cretaceous, with several others now extinct.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Donley, Jeanine M.; Sepulveda, Chugey A.; Aalbers, Scott A.; McGillivray, David G.; Syme, Douglas A.; Bernal, Diego (2012-10-01). "Effects of temperature on power output and contraction kinetics in the locomotor muscle of the regionally endothermic common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 38 (5): 1507–1519. doi:10.1007/s10695-012-9641-1. ISSN 1573-5168.
- ↑ Shimada, Kenshu; Becker, Martin A.; Griffiths, Michael L. (2021-11-02). "Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes with special reference to 'off-the-scale' gigantism of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon". Historical Biology. 33 (11): 2543–2559. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1812598. ISSN 0891-2963.
- ↑ Siverson, Mikael (1999-01). "A new large lamniform shark from the uppermost Gearle Siltstone (Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous) of Western Australia". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 90 (1): 49–66. doi:10.1017/S0263593300002509. ISSN 1473-7116.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ Nelson, Joseph S. (2006-05-19). Fishes of the World. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-75644-6.
Further reading
- Compagno, Leonard (2002) Sharks of the World: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks Volume 2, FAO Species Catalogue, Rome. ISBN 92-5-104543-7.
- Joseph S. Nelson (2006). "Order Lamniformes". Fishes of the World (4th ed.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 57–60. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
Other websites
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