Archaeolamna Siverson 1992 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae

Full reference: M. Siverson. 1992. Biology, dental morphology and taxonomy of lamniform sharks from the Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, Sweden. Palaeontology 35:519-554

Parent taxon: Archaeolamnidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022

See also Amalfitano et al. 2020, Bice and Shimada 2016, Biddle 1993, Cook et al. 2011, Cook et al. 2008, Guinot et al. 2013, Maisch et al. 2021, Peng et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada et al. 2006, Siverson 1992, Siverson 1996, Siverson 1997, Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 and Vullo et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Telodontaspis

Subtaxa: Archaeolamna haigi Archaeolamna kopingensis Archaeolamna striata Archaeolamna yangtzeensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Canada (9: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (7), Germany (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (1), Sweden (6), Ukraine (7), the United Kingdom (4), United States (50: Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 93 collections including 99 occurrences

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