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- noun zoology Any member of the
Lamnidae .
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Certain living marine animals - the speedy, open-water dolphins, lamnid sharks [Great white and relatives] and scombroid fishes [the tuna-mackerel group] - possess the ichthyosaur body shape and surely move in an ichthyosaur-like way.
Did ichthyosaurs fly? Probably not, no Darren Naish 2006
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Certain living marine animals - the speedy, open-water dolphins, lamnid sharks [Great white and relatives] and scombroid fishes [the tuna-mackerel group] - possess the ichthyosaur body shape and surely move in an ichthyosaur-like way.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Something that should be more widely known about the Great white (and a few other lamnid sharks) is that it's endothermic.
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Stenopterygius) grouped tightly with lamnid sharks - exactly what we would expect if both groups were hydrodynamically adapted for the same style of propulsion.
Did ichthyosaurs fly? Probably not, no Darren Naish 2006
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Stenopterygius) grouped tightly with lamnid sharks - exactly what we would expect if both groups were hydrodynamically adapted for the same style of propulsion.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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