- The
Lamnidae are the
family of
mackerel sharks known as
white sharks. They are large, fast-swimming
predatory fish
found in
oceans worldwide,
though they...
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considered to be the
closest living relatives to
Otodus Megalodon. With the
Lamnids and
Otodontids being grouped together in the
Superfamily Lamnoidea One...
- time in
which to
search for
ancestor candidates. Many
fossil species of
Lamnids have
historically been
placed under Isurus,
which are now
largely considered...
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difficulty is
compounded by the
necessarily incomplete fossil record of
Lamnids. However, some
researchers have
proffered Macrorhizodus, Isurolamna, and...
- 18476/pale.v10.a6. S2CID 134476316. Yun, C. (2021). "A
tooth of the
extinct lamnid shark,
Cosmopolitodus pl**** comb. noc. (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii)...
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families Lamnidae and Otodontidae. A
sister group relationship between lamnids and
otodontids is
supported by
synapomorphies including regional endothermy...
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While extant mesotherms are
relatively rare, good
examples include tuna,
lamnid sharks (e.g., the
great white shark), the
leatherback sea turtle, some species...
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their predators quicker and more efficiently. Some
predatory fish, such as
lamnid sharks, billfishes, tuna, opah and
butterfly kingfish, have the ability...
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appear to be
somewhat accelerated in
comparison to
other species in the
lamnid family. An
average adult specimen measures around 2.5 to 3.2 m (8.2 to 10...
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trunk muscles to the tail fin,
similar to
thunniform vertebrates like
lamnids and tunas. The
pelvic girdle of
Dunkleosteus is
relatively small relative...
