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Archaeolamna
Taxonomy
Archaeolamna was named by Siverson (1992) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Camp-l]. It is the type genus of Archaeolamnidae. It was considered monophyletic by Cook et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Cretoxyrhinidae by Siverson (1992), Biddle (1993), Siverson (1996), Siverson (1997), Peng et al. (2001), Shimada et al. (2006), Vullo et al. (2007) and Cook et al. (2008); and to Archaeolamnidae by Underwood and Cumbaa (2010), Cook et al. (2011), Guinot et al. (2013), Bice and Shimada (2016), Amalfitano et al. (2020), Maisch et al. (2021) and Ebersole et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Cretoxyrhinidae by Siverson (1992), Biddle (1993), Siverson (1996), Siverson (1997), Peng et al. (2001), Shimada et al. (2006), Vullo et al. (2007) and Cook et al. (2008); and to Archaeolamnidae by Underwood and Cumbaa (2010), Cook et al. (2011), Guinot et al. (2013), Bice and Shimada (2016), Amalfitano et al. (2020), Maisch et al. (2021) and Ebersole et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Archaeolamna Siverson p. 529 |
| 1993 | Archaeolamna Biddle p. 206 |
| 1996 | Archaeolamna Siverson p. 823 |
| 1997 | Archaeolamna Siverson p. 459 |
| 2001 | Archaeolamna Peng et al. p. 5 |
| 2002 | Archaeolamna Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Archaeolamna Shimada et al. p. 14 |
| 2007 | Archaeolamna Vullo et al. p. 104 |
| 2008 | Archaeolamna Cook et al. p. 1191 |
| 2010 | Archaeolamna Underwood and Cumbaa p. 922 |
| 2011 | Archaeolamna Cook et al. |
| 2013 | Archaeolamna Guinot et al. p. 632 |
| 2016 | Archaeolamna Bice and Shimada p. 176 |
| 2020 | Archaeolamna Amalfitano et al. p. 266 |
| 2021 | Archaeolamna Maisch et al. p. 8 |
| 2022 | Archaeolamna Ebersole et al. p. 380 |
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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.
G. †Archaeolamna Siverson 1992
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†Archaeolamna haigi Siverson 1996
†Archaeolamna kopingensis Davis 1890
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Invalid names: Archaeolamna aduncata Zhelezko 1990 [synonym], Lamna arcuata Woodward 1894 [synonym]
†Archaeolamna kopingensis judithensis Siverson 1992
†Archaeolamna striata Rogovich 1861
†Archaeolamna yangtzeensis Huang 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 112.03000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (93 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albian | Australia (Western Australia) | A. sp. (90688) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | USA (Texas) | Lamna arcuata (99146) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Ukraine | A. kopingensis, A. striata (214236 214239 214240 214241) A. striata (214237 214238 214242) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Kazakhstan | A. kopingensis (175010) | |
| Cenomanian | Germany (Westphalia) | Cretolamna arcuata (210063) | |
| Cenomanian | Australia (Western Australia) | A. kopingensis, A. haigi (215794) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | A. sp. (77230 77232 77233) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Moscow) | A. sp. (138814) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | A. kopingensis (213567) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Italy | A. kopingensis (214600) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | A. kopingensis (213419) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | A. sp. (88991) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | A. kopingensis (132505) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | A. sp. (98396) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. kopingensis (213312) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Nebraska) | A. kopingensis (213401) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | A. kopingensis (213403) A. sp. (35429) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | United Kingdom (England) | A. kopingensis (213569 213570) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | A. sp. (52997) A. sp., Cretodus semiplicatus (22731) | |
| Turonian - Coniacian | USA (New Mexico) | A. kopingensis (221290) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Canada (Alberta) | A. kopingensis (136242 213294) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Iowa) | A. kopingensis (213400) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | USA (Kansas) | A. kopingensis (213385) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (New Mexico) | Plicatolamna arcuata (179267) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | A. kopingensis (213387 213390) | |
| Coniacian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | A. kopingensis (213383) | |
| Santonian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | A. kopingensis (232890) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | France (Aisne) | A. kopingensis (213563) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Götaland) | A. kopingensis (102886) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Ardennes) | A. kopingensis (157587) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skåne) | A. kopingensis (74334 74335) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | France (Aisne) | A. kopingensis (213559) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden | A. kopingensis (102883 214340) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Saratov) | A. kopingensis (157353 224997) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skane) | A. kopingensis (106411) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Plicatolamna arcuata (69150) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Plicatolamna arcuata (27570) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. kopingensis (22640) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Plicatolamna arcuata (32181 213754) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Plicatolamna arcuata (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70488 70489 70490 70499 70500 70501) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Kansas) | A. kopingensis (136267) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. kopingensis (45561) A. sp. (181024) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | A. kopingensis (229975) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Plicatolamna arcuata (126600 126810) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | A. kopingensis (79363) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | A. kopingensis (177498) Plicatolamna arcuata (69153 69161 69178 69251) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | A. kopingensis (221052) Cretolamna arcuata (57916) Plicatolamna arcuata (14504) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Plicatolamna arcuata (99138) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Plicatolamna arcuata (213744 213745 213746 213747 213748 213753 213756) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Carolina) | Plicatolamna arcuata (71488) |