Cretalamna maroccana Arambourg 1935 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Alternative combinations: Cretolamna maroccana, Lamna biauriculata maroccana

Belongs to Cretalamna according to G. R. Case et al. 2017

See also Case and Cappetta 1997, Dartevelle and Casier 1943 and Gottfried et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Cretalamna appendiculata, Cretalamna catoxodon, Cretalamna deschutteri, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna feldmanni, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna hattini, Cretalamna sarcoportheta, Cretolamna biauriculata, Cretolamna borealis, Cretolamna lata, Cretolamna marroti

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Madagascar (1), Mali (1), Morocco (6), Syria (5), United States (2: North Carolina, Texas)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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