†Eoptolamna Kriwet et al. 2008 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae
Full reference: J. Kriwet, S. Klug, J. I. Canudo and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2008. A new Early Cretaceous lamniform shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154:278-290
Parent taxon: Eoptolamnidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
See also Kriwet et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Leptostyrax
Subtaxa: Eoptolamna eccentrolopha Eoptolamna supracretacea
Type: Eoptolamna eccentrolopha
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (6 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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