†family Haimirichiidae Vullo et al. 2016 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae

Full reference: R. Vullo, G. Guinot, and G. Barbe. 2016. The first articulated specimen of the Cretaceous mackerel shark Haimirichia amonensis gen. nov. (Haimirichiidae fam. nov.) reveals a novel ecomorphological adaptation within the Lamniformes (Elasmobranchii). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:1003-1024

Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Vullo et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Dallasiella, Eoptolamnidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae, Xiphodolamiidae

Subtaxa: Haimirichia Roulletia

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Type: Haimirichia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Canada (1: Saskatchewan), France (11), Japan (2), Libya (1), Morocco (2), Nigeria (1), Spain (1), United States (20: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Utah)

Total: 41 collections including 44 occurrences

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