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Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

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Family of fishes

Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Temporal range: Valanginian-Maastrichtian (possible Eocene occurrence) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Teeth and vertebrae of Cretodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Herman, 1979
Genera
Synonyms
  • Cretodontidae
    Zhelezko in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999
  • Eoptolamnidae
    Kriwet et al., 2008

Pseudoscapanorhynchidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous and potentially the Paleogene. It currently includes Cretodus, Eoptolamna, Leptostyrax, Protolamna, Pseudoscapanorhynchus, and possibly Lilamna.

References

  1. Herman, J. (1979). "Réflexions sur la systématique des Galeoidei et sur les affinités du genre Cetorhinus à l'occasion de la découverte d'éléments de la denture d'un exemplaire fossile dans les Sables du Kattendijk à Kallo (Pliocène inférieur, Belgique)". Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 102 (1): 357–377.
  2. Zhelezko, V.I.; Kozlov, V.A. (1999). Elasmobrankhii i biostratigrafiya paleogena Zaural'ya i Sredney Azii [Elasmobranchii and Palaeogene biostratigraphy of Trans Urals and Central Asia]. Ekaterinburg: Russian Academy of Sciences, Urals Branch.
  3. 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.
  4. Shimada, K.; Everhart, M.J. (2019). "A new large Late Cretaceous lamniform shark from North America, with comments on the taxonomy, paleoecology, and evolution of the genus Cretodus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (4): e1673399. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E3399S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1673399. S2CID 209439997.
  5. Greenfield, T. (2021). "Lilamna nom. nov., a new replacement name for Archaeolamna Li, 1997 (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: ?Pseudoscapanorhynchidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 30 (2): 213–214. doi:10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.213. S2CID 241795349.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudoscapanorhynchidae


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