Eoptolamna
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Eoptolamna Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae |
Genus: | †Eoptolamna Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008[1] |
Type species | |
†Eoptolamna eccentrolopha Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008
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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.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
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