Lamniformes

The Lamniformes are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks. It includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the great white and mako sharks as well as less familiar ones, such as the goblin shark and megamouth shark.

Lamniformes

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
mackerel sharkPBDB
Sits inside
GaleomorphiiPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB
Life habit
nektonicPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 201 million years on record.

The record covers at least 201.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 205.7 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Triassic — about 10 of 7904 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 1 of 7904 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 6 of 7904 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 2 of 7904 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 336 of 7904 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 3312 of 7904 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 381 of 7904 occurrencesEocene — about 1519 of 7904 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 359 of 7904 occurrencesMiocene — about 1536 of 7904 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 323 of 7904 occurrencesPleistocene — about 108 of 7904 occurrences210–203 Mya — about 7 occurrences203–196 Mya — about 3 occurrences196–189 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences189–182 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences182–175 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences175–168 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences168–161 Mya — about 6 occurrences161–154 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences154–147 Mya — about 1 occurrence147–140 Mya — about 1 occurrence140–133 Mya — about 4 occurrences133–126 Mya — about 8 occurrences126–119 Mya — about 50 occurrences119–112 Mya — about 47 occurrences112–105 Mya — about 118 occurrences105–98 Mya — about 448 occurrences98–91 Mya — about 929 occurrences91–84 Mya — about 605 occurrences84–77 Mya — about 549 occurrences77–70 Mya — about 550 occurrences70–63 Mya — about 425 occurrences63–56 Mya — about 297 occurrences56–49 Mya — about 342 occurrences49–42 Mya — about 507 occurrences42–35 Mya — about 584 occurrences35–28 Mya — about 288 occurrences28–21 Mya — about 269 occurrences21–14 Mya — about 637 occurrences14–7.0 Mya — about 621 occurrences7.0–0 Mya — about 607 occurrences201.4 Mya11.7 ka210 Mya0 Mya

7,904 occurrences of Lamniformes on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

7,904 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

810 formations

Greenhorn Limestone — 37.22°N, 103.60°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.00°N, 98.92°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.58°N, 98.45°WGreenhorn Limestone — 44.65°N, 103.58°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.69°N, 103.94°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.34°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.74°N, 97.65°WGreenhorn Limestone — 42.64°N, 96.53°WGreenhorn Limestone — 40.01°N, 97.17°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.46°N, 103.05°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.92°N, 98.71°WGreenhorn Limestone — 40.75°N, 97.04°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.87°N, 98.51°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.87°N, 98.56°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.94°N, 98.80°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.04°N, 98.99°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.78°N, 98.96°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.74°N, 99.04°WGreenhorn Limestone — 34.98°N, 103.41°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.92°N, 98.90°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.65°N, 103.93°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.81°N, 97.38°WCarlile Shale — 39.89°N, 98.03°WCarlile Shale — 39.08°N, 99.24°WCarlile Shale — 38.84°N, 104.88°WCarlile Shale — 39.30°N, 98.45°WCarlile Shale — 43.40°N, 103.36°WCarlile Shale — 39.78°N, 98.15°WCarlile Shale — 42.72°N, 96.95°WCarlile Shale — 42.74°N, 97.03°WCarlile Shale — 38.72°N, 99.32°WCarlile Shale — 39.04°N, 99.07°WCarlile Shale — 39.06°N, 99.11°WCarlile Shale — 47.01°N, 107.87°WCarlile Shale — 43.25°N, 103.92°WCarlile Shale — 44.09°N, 104.68°WCarlile Shale — 44.78°N, 103.74°WCarlile Shale — 38.10°N, 101.96°WGreenhorn — 43.29°N, 103.80°WGreenhorn — 44.72°N, 103.67°WGreenhorn — 44.76°N, 103.75°WGreenhorn — 43.29°N, 103.42°WGreenhorn — 33.89°N, 106.75°WMancos Shale — 38.90°N, 107.93°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WMancos Shale — 39.00°N, 110.35°WMancos Shale — 38.36°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 35.21°N, 107.13°WMancos Shale — 35.48°N, 106.85°WMancos Shale — 36.39°N, 109.85°WMancos Shale — 36.14°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.51°N, 110.10°WMancos Shale — 36.06°N, 110.07°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 35.87°N, 110.75°WMancos Shale — 36.55°N, 110.48°WMancos Shale — 35.85°N, 109.85°WMancos Shale — 36.04°N, 111.04°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 109.88°WMancos Shale — 36.33°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.33°N, 105.90°WMancos Shale — 35.47°N, 106.20°WLondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.45°N, 0.13°WLondon Clay — 51.62°N, 0.07°WLondon Clay — 51.60°N, 0.19°WLondon Clay — 51.54°N, 0.16°WLondon Clay — 51.27°N, 0.40°WLondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.08°ELondon Clay — 51.83°N, 1.25°ELondon Clay — 51.65°N, 0.07°ELondon Clay — 51.53°N, 0.70°ELondon Clay — 51.42°N, 0.75°WLondon Clay — 51.25°N, 0.93°WLondon Clay — 51.90°N, 1.62°WLondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 50.88°N, 1.30°WLondon Clay — 50.93°N, 1.48°WLondon Clay — 50.80°N, 1.67°WLondon Clay — 51.07°N, 1.74°WLondon Clay — 51.64°N, 0.78°ELa Meseta — 64.22°S, 56.64°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.65°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.68°WNavesink — 39.76°N, 75.13°WNavesink — 39.95°N, 74.79°WNavesink — 40.31°N, 74.22°WNavesink — 40.33°N, 74.26°WNavesink — 40.10°N, 74.56°WNavesink — 40.40°N, 74.13°WNavesink — 40.40°N, 74.02°WNavesink — 40.38°N, 74.21°WMesaverde — 44.08°N, 107.74°WMesaverde — 44.10°N, 107.75°WMesaverde — 44.17°N, 107.81°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 38.60°N, 76.51°WCalvert — 38.74°N, 76.56°WCalvert — 38.67°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 38.53°N, 76.52°WCalvert — 38.38°N, 76.99°WCalvert — 38.18°N, 76.97°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.81°WCalvert — 37.77°N, 77.28°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 37.54°N, 77.44°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WLandana — 5.22°S, 12.14°EGehannam — 29.31°N, 30.18°EGehannam — 29.36°N, 30.16°EGehannam — 29.33°N, 30.08°EGehannam — 29.30°N, 30.05°EDongen — 52.73°N, 6.30°EDongen — 53.16°N, 6.22°ENiobrara — 38.68°N, 100.28°WNiobrara — 38.72°N, 100.18°WNiobrara — 38.72°N, 100.70°WNiobrara — 39.00°N, 100.50°WNiobrara — 38.92°N, 101.18°WNiobrara — 43.41°N, 103.31°WNiobrara — 39.78°N, 98.10°WNiobrara — 38.81°N, 100.00°WNiobrara — 38.89°N, 99.43°WNiobrara — 39.12°N, 99.30°WNiobrara — 39.09°N, 99.24°WNiobrara — 38.83°N, 100.06°WNiobrara — 38.67°N, 100.40°WNiobrara — 38.77°N, 100.45°WNiobrara — 39.17°N, 99.35°WNiobrara — 40.71°N, 105.17°WNiobrara — 38.79°N, 100.76°WNiobrara — 38.75°N, 100.25°WNiobrara — 38.80°N, 100.19°WNiobrara — 39.09°N, 99.85°WFox Hills — 46.26°N, 100.55°WFox Hills — 46.28°N, 100.52°WFox Hills — 46.05°N, 103.88°WFox Hills — 46.47°N, 99.58°WFox Hills — 46.38°N, 100.85°WFox Hills — 46.10°N, 100.42°WFox Hills — 46.42°N, 100.74°WFox Hills — 46.30°N, 100.33°WFox Hills — 46.30°N, 100.39°WFox Hills — 46.03°N, 100.78°WFox Hills — 46.22°N, 103.99°WFox Hills — 46.11°N, 103.90°WFox Hills — 46.03°N, 100.46°WFox Hills — 46.38°N, 100.32°WFox Hills — 46.41°N, 100.86°WFox Hills — 46.29°N, 100.18°WFox Hills — 44.52°N, 102.39°WBerchem — 51.20°N, 4.44°EBerchem — 51.08°N, 4.73°EBerchem — 51.19°N, 4.47°EBerchem — 51.14°N, 4.63°EPisco — 15.58°S, 74.72°WPisco — 15.44°S, 74.87°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.80°WPisco — 15.55°S, 74.80°WPisco — 14.56°S, 75.67°WPisco — 14.33°S, 75.90°WPisco — 14.52°S, 75.71°WPisco — 14.35°S, 75.67°WPisco — 15.06°S, 74.08°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.88°WMarshalltown — 40.30°N, 74.30°WMarshalltown — 39.55°N, 75.65°WMarshalltown — 40.00°N, 74.82°WMenuha — 30.95°N, 35.00°EMenuha — 30.50°N, 34.65°EMenuha — 30.56°N, 34.65°EMenuha — 30.58°N, 34.90°EOsinovaya — 48.40°N, 41.76°EOsinovaya — 48.38°N, 41.93°EOsinovaya — 48.46°N, 41.83°EOsinovaya — 48.38°N, 41.72°ESelsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WBurim — 49.71°N, 31.54°EBoom Clay — 51.19°N, 4.32°EBoom Clay — 51.13°N, 4.26°EBoom Clay — 51.12°N, 4.35°EBoom Clay — 51.16°N, 4.13°ECarlile — 44.75°N, 103.85°WCarlile — 36.12°N, 104.74°WCarlile — 43.64°N, 104.12°WCarlile — 43.87°N, 104.27°WCarlile — 43.96°N, 104.44°WCarlile — 44.14°N, 104.71°WCarlile — 43.40°N, 103.36°WEutaw — 32.38°N, 84.93°WEutaw — 32.35°N, 86.35°WEutaw — 33.52°N, 88.40°WEutaw — 32.77°N, 87.87°WEutaw — 32.73°N, 87.68°WEutaw — 32.32°N, 86.39°W

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The named rock units Lamniformes has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 786 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 2,024 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Lamniformes and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Lamniformes and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

3,878 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 719 sites for Lamniformes, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

1,149 references

Each of the 7,904 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 1,137 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content3

Picture of Lamniformes

Credit
Pterantula (Terry Goss) at en.wikipedia
Licence
CC BY 2.5
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Lamniformes indet. · magnt:p:922-32

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Berg 1958)