Kenolamna

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.[1]

Kenolamna
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Kenolamna gunsoni from Gearle Siltstone of Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: โ€ Otodontidae
Genus: โ€ Kenolamna
Siversson, 2017
Species
  • K. gunsoni

References


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