Pseudoscapanorhynchidae Explained

Pseudoscapanorhynchidae is a family of extinct mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous and potentially the Paleogene. It currently includes Cretodus, Eoptolamna, Leptostyrax, Protolamna, Pseudoscapanorhynchus, and possibly Lilamna.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Shimada . K. . Everhart . M.J. . 2019 . A new large Late Cretaceous lamniform shark from North America, with comments on the taxonomy, paleoecology, and evolution of the genus Cretodus . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 . 4 . e1673399 . 10.1080/02724634.2019.1673399 . 2019JVPal..39E3399S . 209439997 .
  2. Greenfield . T. . 2021 . Lilamna nom. nov., a new replacement name for Archaeolamna Li, 1997 (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: ?Pseudoscapanorhynchidae) . Zoosystematica Rossica . 30 . 2 . 213–214 . 10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.213 . 241795349 .

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