Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Aquilolamnidae
Full reference: G. R. Case, T. T. Tokaryk, and D. Baird. 1990. Selachians from the Niobrara Formation of the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (27)1084-1094
Belongs to Cretomanta according to K. N. Bice and K. Shimada 2016
See also Cappetta and Case 1999, Case et al. 1990, Cumbaa et al. 2006, Nagrodski et al. 2012, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006 and Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: RSM P496.13, a tooth. Its type locality is SMNH 63E04-001, Carrot River, which is in a Coniacian marine shale in the Niobrara Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (14: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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