Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae
Full reference: J. Kriwet, S. Klug, J. I. Canudo and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2008. A new Early Cretaceous lamniform shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154:278-290
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to J. Kriwet et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, 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: Eoptolamna Leptostyrax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Australia (2), Belgium (1), France (14), Germany (3), India (1), Japan (3), Lithuania (9), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (12: Kansas, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence