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)

• Main Authors: Mollen, Frederik H., Jagt, John W.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Geology University of Warsaw 2012
• Subjects: Lamnidae; Otodontidae; Lamna nasus; Lamna di t ropi s; Carcharodon; Cosmopol i todus; Megas e lachus; Parotodus; Ros t rum; Ros t r a l node; CT scans; Porbeagle
• Online Access: https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/agp/article/view/9609

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...