- 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...
- teeth. This
difficulty is
compounded by the
incomplete fossil record of
Lamnids. However, some
researchers have
proffered Macrorhizodus, Isurolamna, and...
- time in
which to
search for
ancestor candidates. Many
fossil species of
Lamnids have
historically been
placed under Isurus,
which are now
largely considered...
-
ectothermic sharks, such as the
whale shark, are
filter feeders,
while lamnids are
regional endotherms,
implying some
metabolic correlations with a predatory...
- 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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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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their predators quicker and more efficiently. Some
predatory fish, such as
lamnid sharks, billfishes, tuna, opah and
butterfly kingfish, have the ability...
- in body
shape to
modern lamnid sharks (such as mako
sharks and the
great white shark), but was not
closely related to
lamnids or to any
other modern (selachian)...
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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...
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families Lamnidae and Otodontidae. A
sister group relationship between lamnids and
otodontids is
supported by
synapomorphies including regional endothermy...
