Family Cretoxyrhinidae Rank Genus Subclass Elasmobranchii | Superorder Selachimorpha Phylum Chordata | |
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Similar Cretolamna, Cretoxyrhinidae, Lamniformes, Rhombodus, Elasmobranchii | ||
Florida fossil serratolamna shark teeth
Serratolamna is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks belonging to the family Cretoxyrhinidae.
Contents
These sharks lived during from the Cretaceous period to the Eocene epoch, approximately from 99.7 to 50.3 million years ago.
Similar and related genera include Cretodus, Cretolamna, Cretoxyrhina, Dallasiella, Paraisurus, Plicatolamna.
Species
Species within this genus include:
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 the Eocene sediments in United States and in the Cretaceous of France, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Sweden and United States.
