Antarctilamna
Antarctilamna is an extinct genus of shark, that lived during the Devonian period.[1]
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| Genus: | Antarctilamna Young, 1982 |
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Distribution
Fossils of Antarctilamna have been found in Antarctica, Australia, Bolivia (Catavi Formation), Colombia (Cuche Formation, Boyacá),[2] South Africa (Witpoort Formation),[3] and Pont de Suert, 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.
Further reading
- P. Y. Gagnier, S. Turner, L. Friman, M. Suarez-Riglos, and P. Janvier. 1988. The Devonian vertebrate and mollusc fauna from Seripona (Dept. of Chiquisaca, Bolivia). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 176(2):269-297
- M. Ginter, J.-C. Liao, and J. I. Valenzuela-Rios. 2008. New data on chondrichthyan microremains from the Givetian of the Renanue section in the Aragonian Pyrenees (Spain). Acta Geologica Polonica 58(2):165-172
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