Archaeolamna Temporal range:
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Tooth of Archaeolamna sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | †
Archaeolamnidae Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010 [2] |
Genus: | †
Archaeolamna Siverson, 1992 [1] |
Type species | |
†Archaeolamna kopingensis | |
Other species and subspecies | |
Synonyms | |
Species synonymy
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Archaeolamna (from Greek arche and Lamna, extanct shark genus) [1] is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It contains three valid species (one with two subspecies) which have been found in Europe, North America, and Australia. [7] [8] While it is mostly known from isolated teeth, an associated set of teeth, jaws, cranial fragments, and vertebrae of A. kopingensis is known from the Pierre Shale of Kansas. [7] Teeth of A. k. judithensis were found with a plesiosaur skeleton with bite marks from the Judith River Formation of Montana. [1] It was a medium-sized shark with an estimated total body length of 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft). [9]
When the family Archaeolamnidae was first named, it contained Archaeolamna, Cretodus, Dallasiella, and Telodontaspis. [2] However, Cretodus was reassigned to Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, [10] Dallasiella was reassigned to Lamniformes incertae sedis, [11] and Telodontaspis was synonymized with Cretoxyrhina. [12] This leaves Archaeolamna as the sole member of the family.
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Archaeolamna Temporal range:
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Tooth of Archaeolamna sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | †
Archaeolamnidae Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010 [2] |
Genus: | †
Archaeolamna Siverson, 1992 [1] |
Type species | |
†Archaeolamna kopingensis | |
Other species and subspecies | |
Synonyms | |
Species synonymy
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Archaeolamna (from Greek arche and Lamna, extanct shark genus) [1] is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It contains three valid species (one with two subspecies) which have been found in Europe, North America, and Australia. [7] [8] While it is mostly known from isolated teeth, an associated set of teeth, jaws, cranial fragments, and vertebrae of A. kopingensis is known from the Pierre Shale of Kansas. [7] Teeth of A. k. judithensis were found with a plesiosaur skeleton with bite marks from the Judith River Formation of Montana. [1] It was a medium-sized shark with an estimated total body length of 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft). [9]
When the family Archaeolamnidae was first named, it contained Archaeolamna, Cretodus, Dallasiella, and Telodontaspis. [2] However, Cretodus was reassigned to Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, [10] Dallasiella was reassigned to Lamniformes incertae sedis, [11] and Telodontaspis was synonymized with Cretoxyrhina. [12] This leaves Archaeolamna as the sole member of the family.
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