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Eoptolamna

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Extinct genus of sharks

Eoptolamna
Temporal range: Barremian-Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Genus: †Eoptolamna
Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008
Type species
†Eoptolamna eccentrolopha
Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008
Other species
  • †Eoptolamna supracretacea
    Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta, & Ward, 2013

Eoptolamna is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It contains two valid species, E. eccentrolopha and E. supracretacea, which have been found in Europe and North Africa.

References

  1. ^ Kriwet, J.; Klug, S.; Canudo, J.I.; Cuenca-Bescos, G. (2008). "A new Early Cretaceous lamniform shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 154 (2): 278–290. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00410.x.
  2. ^ Guinot, G.; Underwood, C.J.; Cappetta, H.; Ward, D.J. (2013). "Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (6): 589–671. Bibcode:2013JSPal..11..589G. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.767286. S2CID 84892884.
Taxon identifiers
Eoptolamna


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