Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Aquilolamnidae
Full reference: R. Vullo, E. Frey, C. Ifrim, M. A. González González, E. S. Stinnesbeck and W. Stinnesbeck. 2021. Manta-like planktivorous sharks in Late Cretaceous oceans. Science 371:1253-1256
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to R. Vullo et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Serratolamnidae
Subtaxa: Aquilolamna Cretomanta
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), Morocco (4), United States (14: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence