Dallasiella Cappetta and Case 1999 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111

Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to M. Siversson et al. 2022

See also Bice and Shimada 2016, Cappetta and Case 1999, Cook et al. 2008, Cumbaa et al. 2006 and Guinot et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae, Xiphodolamiidae

Subtaxa: Dallasiella brachyodon Dallasiella willistoni

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), France (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Kansas, Montana, Texas)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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