Cretalamna

Cree-tah-lam-nah.
By Lilah Turner
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Lilah Turner

Evolutionary Biologist

Lilah Turner investigates how prehistoric animals adapted to changing environments, offering insights into evolution's mechanisms.

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Turner, L. (2014, September 16). Cretalamna. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/cretalamna/

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Name

Cretalamna ‭(‬Cretaceous Lamna‭)‬.

Phonetic

Cree-tah-lam-nah.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Chondrichthyes,‭ ‬Elasmobranchii,‭ ‬Selachimorpha,‭ ‬Lamniformes.

Diet

Carnivore/Piscivore.

Species

Size

‭ ‬Average length seems to have been anywhere between‭ ‬2‭ ‬to‭ ‬3‭ ‬meters,‭ ‬though rare examples indicate an upper size approaching‭ ‬3.6‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Fossils are literally known in age appropriate marine deposits worldwide.

Time Period

Roughly Barremian of the Cretaceous to the Mid Miocene.

Fossil representation

Mostly teeth and vertebrae.

In Depth

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Skeletal and dental anatomy of lamniform shark,‭ ‬Cretalamna appendiculata,‭ ‬from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of Kansas‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol‭ ‬27,‭ ‬Issue‭ ‬3‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kenshu Shimada‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007. -‭ ‬Late Cretaceous‭ (‬Cenomanian-Campanian‭) ‬mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Mikael Siverson,‭ ‬Johan Lindgren,‭ ‬Michael G.‭ ‬Newbrey,‭ ‬Peter Cederstr�m‭ & ‬Todd D.‭ ‬Cook‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013. – Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. – Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60 (2): 339–384. – Mikael Siversson, Johan Lindgren, Michael G. Newbrey, Peter Cederstr�m & Todd D. Cook – 2015. – A new species of Cretalamna sensu stricto (Lamniformes, Otodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) of Alabama, USA. – PeerJ. 6 (e4229). – Jun A. Ebersole & Dana J. Ehret – 2018.

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