Order LAMNIFORMES Berg, 1958
Family OTODONTIDAE Glickman, 1964

Genus CRETALAMNA
Glickman, 1958

Cretalamna borealis
(Priem, 1897)


Link to the Cenomano-Turonian.
Link to the Maastrichtian.

© P. De Schutter - 2007-2013

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Offaster pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=18mm
 
 
Offaster pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=16mm
 
 
Offaster pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=19mm
 
 
Offaster pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=15mm
 
 

 

O. pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=12mm
O. pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=24mm
 
 
Offaster pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=28mm
 

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