Name - Megachasma Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:413915 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Megachasma

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Original Description Reference

• Megamouth - a new species, genus, and family of lamnoid shark (Megachasma pelagios, family Megachasmidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 43(8) 1983: 87-110. [Zoological Record Volume 120]

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Recent Publications

• Megamouth - a new species, genus, and family of lamnoid shark (Megachasma pelagios, family Megachasmidae) from the Hawaiian Islands.
• Relationships of the megamouth shark, Megachasma.
• Relationships of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae), with comments on its feeding habits.
• The first Cenozoic record of a fossil megamouth shark (Lamniformes, Megachasmidae) from Asia.

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