Lamniformes

Translingual

Lamna nasus, hooked

Etymology

From Lamna +‎ -iformes.

Proper noun

Lamniformes

A taxonomic order within the superorder Selachimorpha – the mackerel sharks.

Hypernyms

(order): Template:Lamniformes Hypernyms

Hyponyms

(order): Alopiidae (thresher sharks), Cetorhinidae (basking shark), Lamnidae (great mackerel sharks), Megachasmidae (megamouth shark), Mitsukurinidae (goblin shark), Odontaspididae (sand tiger), Pseudocarchariidae (crocodile shark) (families)
- Anacoracidae (extinct family)

References

Lamniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lamniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lamniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Lamniformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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