Serratolamna

Serratolamna
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Eocene

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Fossil teeth of Serratolamna gafsana from Khouribga (Morocco)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Cretoxyrhinidae
Genus: Serratolamna
Landemaine 1991

Serratolamna is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks belonging to the family Cretoxyrhinidae.

These sharks lived during from the Cretaceous period to the Eocene epoch, approximately from 99.7 to 50.3 million years ago.[1]

Similar and related genera include Cretodus, Cretolamna, Cretoxyrhina, Dallasiella, Paraisurus, Plicatolamna.[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:[2]

Description

The fossils of Serratolamna mainly consist of teeth and scattered vertebrae. The teeth are asymmetrical with smooth crowns and multiple cusplets. The basal margin of the roots are V-shaped.[2] Based on the size of its teeth, it appears Serratolamna grew no larger than 1.5 metres.[3]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Eocene sediments in United States and in the Cretaceous of France, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Sweden and United States.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Fossilworks: Serratolamna". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  2. 1 2 "Gli squali fossili: Serratolamna". squali.com. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  3. 1 2 CHARLIE J.UNDERWOOD and SIMON F.MITCHELL Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz) (Pisces, Neoselachii) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Jamaica
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