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Acutalamna karsteni

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes

Taxonomy
Acutalamna karsteni was named by Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño (2018). Its type specimen is AMU-CURS-908, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cementos Andinos quarry (29-37 m above base), which is in a Cenomanian offshore shale in the La Luna Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Acutalamna.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Acutalamna karsteni Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño p. 16 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
genusAcutalamna
specieskarsteni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Acutalamna karsteni Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available