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CRETOLAMNA
(cree-toe-lam-nah)
meaning: "Cretaceous Lamna"
Cretolamna
Named By: Glikman in 1958
Time Period: Barremian - Miocene [1]
Location: Fossils are literally known in age appropriate marine deposits worldwide
Size: Average length seems to have been anywhere between 2 to 3 meters, though rare examples indicate an upper size approaching 3.6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Mostly teeth and vertebrae
Classification: | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Selachimorpha | Lamniformes |
Also known as: | Lamna appendiculata | Lamna appendiculatus | Otodus appendiculatus |
About

Cretolamna is a genus of extinct mackerel shark that belonged to the family Otodontidae.

These sharks lived from the Barremian of the Cretaceous period to the Mid Miocene epoch, approximately from 130.0 to 13.65 million years ago. It is considered by many to be the ancestor of many of the famous shark genera, such as the mako, great white, Angustidens, and Megalodon sharks.

Read more about Cretolamna at Wikipedia
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