Biology:Lilamna

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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks

Lilamna
Temporal range: late Eocene? (possibly Cretaceous)
Lilamna tooth.png
Drawing of the holotype tooth
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Genus: Lilamna
Greenfield, 2021
Type species
Lilamna apophysata
(Li, 1997)
Synonyms

Lilamna is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks from the Wulagen Formation of the Tarim Basin, China . It was originally named Archaeolamna apophysata,[1] but that generic name was preoccupied by Archaeolamna kopingensis.[2] Lilamna was named as a replacement in accordance with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.[3] Although formerly assigned to the family Lamnidae,[1] it is now considered to be a potential member of the family Pseudoscapanorhynchidae.[3] Since this family is otherwise restricted to the Cretaceous, it is possible that the holotype tooth was reworked into the late Eocene sediments it was found in.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Li, G. (1997). "Elasmobranchs from the lower Tertiary of the western Tarim Basin, China, and their biostratigraphic significance". Palaeoworld 7: 107–136. http://english.nigpas.cas.cn/sp/Palaeoworldbackup/vol7/201103/P020110302498556001044.pdf. 
  2. Siverson, M. (1992). "Biology, dental morphology and taxonomy of lamniform sharks from the Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, Sweden". Palaeontology 35 (3): 519–554. https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_35/vol35_part3_pp519-554.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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. 

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