Lilamna Greenfield 2021 (mackerel shark)

Euselachii - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

Synonym: Archaeolamna Li 1997 [replaced name]

Full reference: T. Greenfield. 2021. Lilamna nom. nov., a new replacement name for Archaeolamna Li, 1997 (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: ?Pseudoscapanorhynchidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 30:213-214

Parent taxon: Pseudoscapanorhynchidae according to T. Greenfield 2021

See also Li 1997

Sister taxa: Cretodus, Protolamna, Pseudoscapanorhynchus

Subtaxa: Lilamna apophysata

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Type: Archaeolamna apophysata

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Collection spot of phosphate concretions, county city of Wuqia (Eocene to Eocene of China)

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