- Tytuł:
- The taxonomic value of rostral nodes of extinct sharks, with comments on previous records of the genus Lamna (Lamniformes, Lamnidae) from the Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina (USA)
- Autorzy:
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Mollen, F.
Jagt, J. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/138945.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2012
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Czytelnia Czasopism PAN
- Tematy:
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kolec czołowy
lamna pacyficzn
Lamnowate
tomografia komputerowa
żarłacz
żarłacz śledziowy
Carcharodon
Cosmopolitodus
CT scans
Lamna ditropis
Lamna nasus
Lamnidae
Megaselachus
Otodontidae
Parotodus
Rostral node
rostrum - Opis:
- Shark rostral nodes from the Yorktown Formation (Zanclean, early Pliocene) of Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina (USA), previously assigned to the genus Lamna Cuvier, 1816, have been reinterpreted using a preliminary identification key for extant Lamniformes based on rostral morphology. In addition, the fossil rostral nodes have been compared in detail with Recent material of both the porbeagle, Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre, 1788) and the salmon shark, Lamna ditropis Hubbs and Follet, 1947. Despite the fact that the rostra compared relatively well with those of Recent Lamna, the Lee Creek Mine specimens proved to differ significantly in having near-parallel lateral rostral cartilages that join the rostral node individually, instead of abutting ones. Based on this observation, we here propose to strike the genus Lamna from the Lee Creek Mine faunal list, so long as no other diagnostic material is forthcoming. These partially preserved rostra are likely to have belonged to extinct taxa within the families Lamnidae or Otodontidae, both of which have been documented from the Yorktown Formation on the basis of isolated teeth of at least three species, Cosmopolitodus hastalis (Agassiz, 1838), Megaselachus megalodon (Agassiz, 1835) and Parotodus benedenii (Le Hon, 1871).
- Źródło:
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Acta Geologica Polonica; 2012, 62, 1; 117-127
0001-5709 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Geologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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