Name - Megachasma

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1524723 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Megachasma Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina.
• The presence of Megachasma (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes) in the Neogene of Belgium, first occurrence in Europe.
• The oldest fossil record of the megamouth shark from the late Eocene of Denmark and comments on the enigmatic megachasmid origin.
• CONVERGENT EVOLUTION IN TOOTH MORPHOLOGY OF FILTER-FEEDING LAMNIFORM SHARKS.
• A megamouth shark (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) in the Burdigalian of Belgium.

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