Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Full reference: J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, J. D. Parra, and J. Luque. 2019. A new lamniform shark Protolamna ricaurtei sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia. Cretaceous Research 95:336-340
Belongs to Protolamna according to C. D. Benavides-Cabra et al. 2026
See also Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Protolamna borodini, Protolamna carteri, Protolamna gigantea, Protolamna roanokeensis, Protolamna sarstedtensis, Protolamna sokolovi
Type specimen: FCG-CBP-93, a maxilla. Its type locality is Loma La Catalina (basal Paja E), which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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