Eoptolamna

Eoptolamna
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Genus: Eoptolamna
Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008
Type species
Eoptolamna eccentrolopha
Kriwet, Klug, Canudo, & Cuenca-Bescos, 2008
Other species
  • Eoptolamna supracretacea
    Guinot, Underwood, Cappetta, & Ward, 2013

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.