Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

Pseudoscapanorhynchidae; Temporal range: Valanginian-Maastrichtian (possible Eocene occurrence) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Teeth and vertebrae of Cretodus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	†Pseudoscapanorhynchidae; Herman, 1979
Genera
	†Cretodus; †Eoptolamna; †Leptostyrax; †Lilamna?; †Protolamna; †Pseudoscapanorhynchus;
Synonyms
	Cretodontidae; Zhelezko in Zhelezko & Kozlov, 1999; Eoptolamnidae; Kriwet et al., 2008;

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.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Herman, J. (1979). "Réflexions sur la systématique des Galeoidei et sur les affinités du genre Cetorhinus à l'occasion de la découverte d'éléments de la denture d'un exemplaire fossile dans les Sables du Kattendijk à Kallo (Pliocène inférieur, Belgique)". Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 102 (1): 357–377.
^ Zhelezko, V.I.; Kozlov, V.A. (1999). Elasmobrankhii i biostratigrafiya paleogena Zaural'ya i Sredney Azii [Elasmobranchii and Palaeogene biostratigraphy of Trans Urals and Central Asia]. Ekaterinburg: Russian Academy of Sciences, Urals Branch.
^ Kriwet, J.; Klug, S.; Canudo, J.I.; Cuenca-Bescos, G. (2008). "A new Early Cretaceous lamniform shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 154 (2): 278–290. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00410.x.
^ 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. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E3399S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1673399. S2CID 209439997.
^ Greenfield, T. (2021). "Lilamna nom. nov., a new replacement name for Archaeolamna Li, 1997 (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: ?Pseudoscapanorhynchidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 30 (2): 213–214. doi:10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.213. S2CID 241795349.

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