Antarctilamna
Appearance
Antarctilamna Temporal range: Devonian
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Genus: | Antarctilamna Young, 1982
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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,[citation needed] Australia,[citation needed] 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
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
Categories:
- Devonian sharks
- Prehistoric fish of Africa
- Devonian animals of Africa
- Devonian South Africa
- Fossils of South Africa
- Devonian fish of Europe
- Prehistoric fish of South America
- Devonian animals of South America
- Devonian Bolivia
- Fossils of Bolivia
- Devonian Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Paleozoic Antarctica
- Fossil taxa described in 1982
- Prehistoric shark stubs