†Acutalamna karsteni Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018 (mackerel shark)
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Full reference: G. Guinot and J. D. Carrillo-Briceño. 2018. Lamniform sharks from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Venezuela. Cretaceous Research 82:1-20
Belongs to Acutalamna according to G. Guinot and J. D. Carrillo-Briceño 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMU-CURS-908, a tooth. Its type locality is Cementos Andinos quarry (29-37 m above base), which is in a Cenomanian offshore shale in the La Luna Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Venezuela (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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