Eoptolamna

{{Short description|Extinct genus of sharks}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|129.4|72.1|Barremian-Campanian}} | taxon = Eoptolamna | authority = Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008<ref name="Kriwet et al. 2008">{{cite journal|last1=Kriwet |first1=J. |last2=Klug |first2=S. |last3=Canudo |first3=J.I. |last4=Cuenca-Bescos |first4=G. |year=2008 |title=A new Early Cretaceous lamniform shark (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=154 |issue=2 |pages=278–290 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00410.x |doi-access=free }}</ref> | type_species = †'''''Eoptolamna eccentrolopha''''' | type_species_authority = Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = *†''E. supracretacea'' <br/><small>Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta, & Ward, 2013<ref name="Guinot et al. 2013">{{cite journal|last1=Guinot |first1=G. |last2=Underwood |first2=C.J. |last3=Cappetta |first3=H. |last4=Ward |first4=D.J. |year=2013 |title=Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=589–671 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2013.767286 |bibcode=2013JSPal..11..589G |s2cid=84892884 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257816021 }}</ref></small> }}

'''''Eoptolamna''''' is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous. It contains two valid species, '''''E. eccentrolopha''''' and '''''E. supracretacea''''', which have been found in Europe and North Africa.<ref name="Kriwet et al. 2008"/><ref name="Guinot et al. 2013"/>

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Category:Prehistoric Lamniformes Category:Lamniformes Category:Barremian life Category:Early Cretaceous animals of Europe Category:Cretaceous Spain Category:Fossils of Spain Category:Fossil taxa described in 2008 Category:Prehistoric shark genera Category:Cretaceous sharks