Eoptolamna Kriwet et al. 2008 (mackerel shark)

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

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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

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