Lamna caraibaea africana Dartevelle and Casier 1943 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae

Full reference: E. Dartevelle and E. Casier. 1943. Les poissons fossiles du Bas-Congo et des régions voisines. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. A - Minéralogie Géologie, Paléontologie. Série III 2:1-200

Belongs to Lamna caraibaea according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Manzadi, point 4, bed 1, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Congo-Kinshasa

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Manzadi, point 4, bed 1

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