Cretalamna sarcoportheta Siversson et al. 2015 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Full reference: M. Siversson, J. Lindgren, M. G. Newbrey, P. Cederström, and T. D. Cook. 2015. Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60:339-384

Belongs to Cretalamna according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024

See also Ebersole et al. 2022 and Siversson et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Cretalamna appendiculata, Cretalamna catoxodon, Cretalamna deschutteri, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna feldmanni, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna hattini, Cretolamna biauriculata, Cretolamna borealis, Cretolamna marroti

Type specimen: LO 10888T, a tooth. Its type locality is Åsen, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone/sandstone in Sweden.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections), Sweden (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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