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Definition of Family lamnidae
1. Noun. Oceanic sharks.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Elasmobranchii, Selachii, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Subclass Selachii
Member holonyms: Mackerel Shark, Genus Lamna, Lamna, Carcharodon, Genus Carcharodon, Cetorhinus, Genus Cetorhinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Lamnidae
Literary usage of Family lamnidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1904)
"S. prisca is an Eocene and Miocene form, and is found in Europe and North America.
family lamnidae. Genus Odontaspis, Agassiz. ..."
2. Handbook to the Natural History of Cambridgeshire by John Edward Marr, Arthur Everett Shipley (1904)
"... chus) of the family Lamnidae there are three representatives in the Cambridge
Greensand, of which S. gigas is restricted to that formation, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1900)
"... but one of them has lately been sliced in a vertical direction to display the
internal structure, which definitely places it in the family Lamnidae. ..."
4. Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association by Leeds Geological Association (1891)
"... and comprised in the family Lamnidae, as most recently defined by Mr. A.
Smith Woodward, iu the catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. ..."
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