Eoptolamna

Eoptolamna; Temporal range: Barremian–Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	†Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Genus:	†Eoptolamna; Kriwet et al., 2008
Type species
	Eoptolamna eccentrolopha; Kriwet et al., 2008
Species
	E. eccentrolopha; E. supracretacea;

Eoptolamna is an extinct genus of mackerel shark from the Cretaceous Period.^[1] It currently holds two species. E. eccentrolopha is described from the Barremian and Albian Artoles Formation of Spain.^[2] E. supracretacea is known from the lower Santonian to middle Campanian of the Anglo-Parisian Basin.^[3]

References[]

^ "Fossilworks: Eoptolamna eccentrolopha". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Kriwet, Jürgen; Klug, Stefanie; Canudo, José I.; Cuenca-Bescos, Gloria (October 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.
^ Guillaume Guinot, Charlie J. Underwood, Henri Cappetta & David J. Ward (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

[1] "Fossilworks: Eoptolamna eccentrolopha". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[2] Kriwet, Jürgen; Klug, Stefanie; Canudo, José I.; Cuenca-Bescos, Gloria (October 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.

[3] Guillaume Guinot, Charlie J. Underwood, Henri Cappetta & David J. Ward (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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