Name - Megalolamna Shimada, Chandler, Lam, Tanaka & Ward 2017

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• A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the 'megatoothed' clade. Historical Biology, 29(5) 2017: 704-714. [Zoological Record Volume 153]

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Recent Publications

• A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the 'megatoothed' clade.
• The first recognition of the enigmatic fossil shark genus Megalolamna (Lamniformes, Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene of Europe and M. serotinus (Probst, 1879) as the newly designated type species for the genus.
• New geographic and stratigraphic occurrences of the enigmatic extinct lamniform shark, Megalolamna (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), from the eastern USA.

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