Taxonavigation: Lamniformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachii
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Lamniformes

Familia: †Otodontidae
Genus: †Kenolamna
Species: †K. gunsoni

Name

Kenolamna Siversson et al., 2015

Etymology: Combination of Ken (after the former Curator of Palaeontology at the Western Australian Museum, Kenneth McNamara, in recognition of his work on various groups of fossils from Western Australia) and Lamna, the genus name for Porbeagle sharks.

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