Eoptolamna
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| Eoptolamna Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae |
| Genus: | †Eoptolamna Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Eoptolamna eccentrolopha Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008 | |
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Eoptolamna is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It contains two valid species, E. eccentrolopha and E. supracretacea, which have been found in Europe and North Africa.[1][2]
