Eoptolamna eccentrolopha Kriwet et al. 2008 (mackerel shark)

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

Belongs to Eoptolamna according to J. Kriwet et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Eoptolamna supracretacea

Type specimen: MPZ 2005-4, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Vallipón, Castellote, which is in a Barremian estuary/bay sandstone/conglomerate in the Artoles Formation of Spain.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vallipón, Castellote

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