Order LAMNIFORMES Berg, 1958
Family OTODONTIDAE Glickman, 1964

Genus CRETALAMNA
Glickman, 1958

Cretalamna sarcoportheta
Siverson et al., in press


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

© P. De Schutter - 2013

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Upper anterior
Offaster pilula Zone, Early Campanian, Northern France
H=17mm
 
 
 

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