Serratolamna

Serratolamna
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Paleocene
Fossil teeth of Serratolamna gafsana from Khouribga (Morocco)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Serratolamnidae
Genus: †Serratolamna
Landemaine, 1991
Type species
†Lamna serrata
(Agassiz, 1843)
Species
  • †S. serrata Agassiz, 1843
  • †S. khderii (Zalmout & Mustafa, 2001)
  • †S. caraibea (Leriche, 1938)
  • †S. africana Darteville & Casier, 1943
  • †S. maroccana? (Arambourg, 1935)
  • †S. gafsana? (White,1926)
  • †S. aschersoni (Stromer, 1905)

Serratolamna is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that is placed in the monotypic family Serratolamnidae.

Description

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. Based on the size of its teeth, it appears Serratolamna grew no larger than 1.5 metres.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Late Cretaceous of Cuba, France, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Sweden and United States.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gli squali fossili: Serratolamna". squali.com. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Fossilworks: Serratolamna". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.