Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Alternative combination: Lamna caraibaea africana
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):1-200
Belongs to Serratolamna according to R. A. Belben et al. 2017
See also Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Sister taxa: Serratolamna aschersoni, Serratolamna caraibaea, Serratolamna gafsana, Serratolamna maroccana, Serratolamna serrata
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:
• Cretaceous of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Morocco (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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