Eoptolamna

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]

Eoptolamna
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Genus: †Eoptolamna
Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008[1]
Type species
†Eoptolamna eccentrolopha
Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008
Other species
  • †Eoptolamna supracretacea
    Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta, & Ward, 2013[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.767286.
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