Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and S. L. Cumbaa. 2010. Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontology 53:903-944
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022
See also Cook et al. 2011 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Dallasiella, 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: Archaeolamna Telodontaspis
Type: Archaeolamna
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Australia (2), Belgium (4), Canada (11: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (14), Germany (2), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Sweden (8), Ukraine (7), the United Kingdom (4), United States (57: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 117 collections including 123 occurrences