# Eoptolamna
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{{Short description|Extinct genus of sharks}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|129.4|72.1|[Barremian](/source/Barremian)-[Campanian](/source/Campanian)}}
| taxon = Eoptolamna
| authority = Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 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 }}]
| type_species = †'''''Eoptolamna eccentrolopha'''''
| type_species_authority = Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008
| subdivision_ranks = Other species
| subdivision =
*†''E. supracretacea''
Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta, & Ward, 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 }}]
}}
'''''Eoptolamna''''' is an extinct [genus](/source/genus) of [mackerel sharks](/source/Lamniformes) that lived during the [Cretaceous](/source/Cretaceous). It contains two valid species, '''''E. eccentrolopha''''' and '''''E. supracretacea''''', which have been found in [Europe](/source/Europe) and [North Africa](/source/North_Africa).