Antarctilamna
| Antarctilamna | |
|---|---|
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| Restorations of A.prisca from Middle Devonian of Antarctica and A. ultima from Late Devonian of South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Genus: | Antarctilamna Young, 1982 |
| Species | |
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Antarctilamna is an extinct genus of shark, that lived during the Devonian period.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of Antarctilamna have been found in Antarctica, Australia, Bolivia, Colombia (Cuche Formation, Boyacá),[2] South Africa (Witpoort Formation),[3] and Spain.[4]
References
- ↑ Murray, A.M. (June 2000). "The Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic fishes of Africa". Fish and Fisheries. 1 (2): 111–145. doi:10.1046/j.1467-2979.2000.00015.x.
- ↑ Janvier & Villarroel, 1998
- ↑ Gess, 2011, p.69
- ↑ Antarctilamna at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Gess, Robert Wolfgang. 2011. High latitude Gondwanan Famennian biodiversity patterns - evidence from the South African Witpoort Formation (Cape Supergroup, Witteberg Group) - PhD thesis, 1-383. University of Witwatersrand. Accessed 2017-05-31.
- Janvier, Philippe, and Carlos Villarroel A. 1998. Los Peces Devónicos del Macizo de Floresta (Boyacá, Colombia). Consideraciones taxonómicas, bioestratigráficas, biogeográficas y ambientales. Geología Colombiana 23. 3-18. Accessed 2017-03-31.
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