Truyolsodontos

Truyolsodontos is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains two valid species, T. estauni and T. magnus. It has been found in Spain, France, Ireland, and possibly Lithuania.[1]

Truyolsodontos
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Superorder:
Selachimorpha
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
†Truyolsodontidae

Bernárdez, 2018
Genus:
†Truyolsodontos

Bernárdez, 2018[1]
Type species
†Truyolsodontos estauni
Bernárdez, 2018
Other species
  • †Truyolsodontos magnus
    (Landemaine, 1991)[2]
Synonyms
Species synonymy
  • T. magnus
      • Protoscyliorhinus magnus
        Landemaine, 1991

References
  1. Bernárdez, E. (2018). "Truyolsodontos estauni n. gen., n. sp., Truyolsodontidae, a new family of lamniform sharks from the Cenomanian of northern Spain". Annales de Paléontologie. 104 (3): 175–181. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2018.05.002. S2CID 135273664.
  2. Landemaine, O. (1991). "Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé supérieur du sud-ouest de la France. Quelques apports à la systématique des élasmobranches" (PDF). SAGA Information. 1: 1–45.
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