Cretalamna bryanti Ebersole and Ehret 2018 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Full reference: J. A. Ebersole and D. J. Ehret. 2018. A new species of Cretalamna sensu stricto (Lamniformes, Otodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) of Alabama, USA. PeerJ 6(e4229)

Belongs to Cretalamna according to J. A. Ebersole and D. J. Ehret 2018

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

Type specimen: MSC 2984.1, a tooth. Its type locality is ADa-3 site, Harrell Station, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (12: Alabama collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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