†Cretolamna borealis Priem 1897 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combinations: Cretalamna borealis, Lamna borealis
Belongs to Cretolamna according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024
See also Ebersole et al. 2022, Kanno et al. 2022 and Siversson et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Cretalamna appendiculata, Cretalamna catoxodon, Cretalamna deschutteri, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna feldmanni, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna hattini, Cretalamna sarcoportheta, Cretolamna biauriculata, Cretolamna marroti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (4)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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