Cretolamna nigeriana
(Cappetta, 1972)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Otodontidae
Reference of the original description
Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata, 5(5), 179–251
Les poissons crétacés et tertiaires du bassin des Iullemmeden (République du Niger). Palaeovertebrata, 5(5), 179–251
Types
Cretolamna nigeriana
Cretolamna nigeriana
Description:
Citation: Cretolamna nigeriana (Cappetta, 1972): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2025
Description
Original diagnosis after Cappetta (1972) p. 189 [315]: Dents a cuspide principale presentant une constriction basale. Deux. paices de denticules lateraux. Denticules proximaux relativement tres d6veloppes et tres divergents, cachant en partie les trnochants de la base de la cuspide en vue front ale externe. Discontinuite des traochants entre fa cuspide el les denticules proximallx.
Original diagnosis after Cappetta (1972) p. 189 [315]: Dents a cuspide principale presentant une constriction basale. Deux. paices de denticules lateraux. Denticules proximaux relativement tres d6veloppes et tres divergents, cachant en partie les trnochants de la base de la cuspide en vue front ale externe. Discontinuite des traochants entre fa cuspide el les denticules proximallx.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=1632;
shark-references Species-ID=1632;
References
Global impact and selectivity of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction among sharks, skates, and rays. Science, 379, 802–806
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2080
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
Global impact and selectivity of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction among sharks, skates, and rays. Science, 379, 802–806
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2080
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
