Cretalamna borealis

Taxonavigation: Lamniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Lamniformes

Familia: †Otodontidae
Genus: †Cretalamna

Name

†Cretalamna borealis (Priem, 1897)

• Lectotype: An upper lateroposterior tooth, illustrated by Priem (1897: pl. 1: 9);
  • Lectotype designated by Siversson et al., 2015.

Type locality: Köpinge Sandstone, Scania, Sweden.

Type horizon: Unknown horizon within the latest early to middle late Campanian, Late Cretaceous.

Etymology: .

Synonyms

• †Lamna borealis Priem, 1897

References

• Priem, F. 1897. Sur des dents d’élasmobranches de divers gisements Sénoniens (Villedieu, Meudon, Folx-les-Caves). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de la France 25: 40–56. Reference page. 
• Siversson, M., Lindgren, J., Newbrey, M.G., Cederström, P. & Cook, T.D. 2015. Cenomanian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(2): 339–384. DOI: 10.4202/app.2012.0137 [Full article (PDF). Reference page.