Kenolamna

{{Short description|Extinct genus of Cretaceous Mackerel Shark}} {{italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Cenomanian | image = Kenolamna gunsoni.jpg | image_caption = ''Kenolamna gunsoni'' from Gearle Siltstone of Australia | taxon = Kenolamna | authority = Siversson, 2017 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''K. gunsoni'' }} '''''Kenolamna''''' is an extinct genus of mackerel shark from the Cretaceous period known only from isolated teeth. It is named in honor of Kenneth McNamara, former curator of Paleontology at the Western Australian Museum. It is tentatively placed in the family Otodontidae, and is closest in design to ''Cretalamna'' and ''Paleocarcharodon'' though it is unclear how closely related it is to either. Currently, it is a monotypic genus containing only the species ''K. gunsoni''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Siverson|first=Mikael|date=2013|title=Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|doi=10.4202/app.2012.0137|issn=0567-7920|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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Category:Cretaceous sharks Category:Fossils of Australia Category:Otodontidae Category:Prehistoric shark genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 2017 Category:Monotypic prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera