Serratolamna
| Serratolamna Temporal range:
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| Fossil teeth of Serratolamna gafsana from Khouribga (Morocco) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Serratolamnidae |
| Genus: | †Serratolamna Landemaine, 1991 |
Serratolamna is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that is placed in the monotypic family Serratolamnidae.
Species
[edit]Species within this genus include:[1]
- Serratolamna africana
- Serratolamna amonensis
- Serratolamna aschersoni
- Serratolamna caraibaea
- Serratolamna gafsana White, 1926
- Serratolamna khderii
- Serratolamna lerichei (Casier, 1946)
- Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz, 1843) [2]
Description
[edit]The fossils of Serratolamna mainly consist of teeth and scattered vertebrae. The teeth are asymmetrical with smooth crowns and multiple cusplets. The basal margin of the roots are V-shaped.[1] Based on the size of its teeth, it appears Serratolamna grew no larger than 1.5 metres.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Late Cretaceous of Cuba,[3] France, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Sweden and United States.[4]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gli squali fossili: Serratolamna". squali.com. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
- ^ a b Underwood, Charlie J.; Mitchell, S. F. (2000). "Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz) (Pisces, Neoselachii) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Jamaica". Caribbean Journal of Earth Science. 34: 25–30.
- ^ Ceballos-Izquierdo, Yasmani; Viñola-López, Lázaro W.; Borges-Sellén, Carlos Rafael; Arano-Ruiz, Alberto F. (April 2021). "Late Cretaceous sharks from Cuba, first record of Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz) (Lamniformes, Serratolamnidae)". Geobios. 65: 1–6. Bibcode:2021Geobi..65....1C. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2021.01.002.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Serratolamna". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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