Cretolamna gafsana
(White, 1926)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Otodontidae
Reference of the original description
Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria, 10, 1–82
Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria, 10, 1–82
Types
Cretolamna gafsana
Cretolamna gafsana
Description:
Citation: Cretolamna gafsana (White, 1926): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=1621;
shark-references Species-ID=1621;
References
Reassessment of historical sections from the Paleogene marine margin of the Congo Basin reveals an almost complete absence of Danian deposits. Geoscience Frontiers, 10(3), 1039-1063
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2018.06.002
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
Reassessment of historical sections from the Paleogene marine margin of the Congo Basin reveals an almost complete absence of Danian deposits. Geoscience Frontiers, 10(3), 1039-1063
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2018.06.002
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
