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Eoptolamna supracretacea

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae

Taxonomy
Eoptolamna supracretacea was named by Guinot et al. (2013). Its type specimen is NHMUK P.67075, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Winterbourne, lower horizon, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Newhaven Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Eoptolamna supracretacea Guinot et al. p. 635 figs. 17A-V

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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
familyEoptolamnidae
genusEoptolamna
speciessupracretacea

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.

†Eoptolamna supracretacea Guinot et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Aisne) Eoptolamna supracretacea (213563)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Eoptolamna supracretacea (type locality: 213377 213381)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Eoptolamna supracretacea (213376)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Somme) Eoptolamna supracretacea (213565 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Ardennes) Eoptolamna supracretacea (157587)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Eoptolamna supracretacea (213378 213379 213382 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aisne) Eoptolamna supracretacea (213559 213560)