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Cretoxyrhinidae

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cretoxyrhinidae Glikman p. 569
1977Cretoxyrhinidae Herman p. 166
1978Cretoxyrhinidae Case p. 191
1979Cretoxyrhinidae Case p. 83
1988Cretoxyrhinidae Case and Schwimmer p. 295
1993Cretoxyrhinidae Biddle p. 205
1997Cretoxyrhinidae Shimada p. 275
1997Cretoxyrhinidae Siverson p. 459
2001Cretoxyrhinidae Peng et al. p. 5
2006Cretoxyrhinidae Underwood p. 234
2007Cretoxyrhinidae Cahuzac et al. p. 16
2010Cretoxyrhinidae Bogan and Agnolin
2016Cretoxyrhinidae Nelson et al. p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyCretoxyrhinidae
familyCretoxyrhinidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Cretoxyrhinidae Glikman 1958
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G. †Acrolamna Zhelezko 1990
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†Acrolamna acuminata Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Lamna petrocoriensis Coquand 1859 [synonym], Otodus oxyrhinoides Sauvage 1872 [synonym]
G. †Cretoxyrhina Glikman 1958
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†Cretoxyrhina denticulata Glickman 1957
†Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina extenta Leidy 1873 [synonym]
†Cretoxyrhina vraconensis Zhelezko 2000
G. †Dallasiella Cappetta and Case 1999
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†Dallasiella willistoni Cappetta and Case 1999
G. †Plicatolamna Herman 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 121.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (165 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Cretoxyrhinidae indet. (213576 213578) Plicatolamna sp. (235313)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Champagne-Ardenne) Lamna acuminata, Oxyrhina mantelli (55335)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (Western Australia) Cretoxyrhinidae indet. (90688)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Japan (Iwate) Plicatolamna macrohiza (210763)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Cretoxyrhina vraconensis (215565)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Cretoxyrhina vraconensis (214239 214241 214242)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Poland Cretoxyrhina vraconensis (213375)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Belgorod) Cretoxyrhina sp. (32314)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Texas) Cretoxyrhina sp. (235811)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan Cretoxyrhina denticulata (175010)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Western Australia) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (215794)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Saratov) Cretoxyrhina denticulata (242233) Isurus denticulatus (241522 241523 241524)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Cretoxyrhina mantelli (242208) Lamna acuminata (242186)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Cretoxyrhina mantelli (275502)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Volgograd) Cretoxyrhina vraconensis (213392)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Cretoxyrhina mantelli (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213356) Dallasiella willistoni, Cretoxyrhina denticulata (213567)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Saratov) Cretoxyrhina denticulata (213393)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Cretoxyrhina mantelli (214600)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (275602 275624 275626 275627 275628 275629)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Venezuela Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213628)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Vicenza) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (214715)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213414 213415 213416 213417 213418 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Sweden Isurus mantelli (70427)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241896)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Western Australia) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (215561)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241424 275597 275598 275601 275623 275634)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213314) Dallasiella willistoni (213318)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Cretoxyrhina denticulata (213570) Dallasiella willistoni, Cretoxyrhina denticulata (213569)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Cretoxyrhina denticulata (22731) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (52997)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (83071 94538 106008)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (35429 213403)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Cretoxyrhina mantelli (242280)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213401 239336)
Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Angola Cretoxyrhina mantelli (275404)
Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Poland Lamna acuminata, Oxyrhina mantelli (241823)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Kazakhstan Cretoxyrhina sp. (210282)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8France Oxyrhina mantelli (242181)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Poland Oxyrhina mantelli (241887)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) Dallasiella willistoni, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (136242 213294)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) Cretoxyrhina sp. (143064)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland Lamna acuminata (113361 241883) Oxyrhina mantelli (241847)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213388 213402)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213384 213385 213386 213404)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Iowa) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213400)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Dallasiella willistoni (213299)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Otodus oxyrhinoides (242177)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Ardennes) Dallasiella willistoni (213564)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241894)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Dallasiella willistoni, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213387 213390)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Belgium Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241974)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Montana) Dallasiella willistoni, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (215792)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland C. sp. (157553)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241389 275610 275611 275612 275625 275630 275631)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (181902)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Italy Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241678)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (102879)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213300 213305)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Italy (Vicenza) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241681 241683 241684)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Italy (Verona) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241670 241672 241676)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Congo-Kinshasa Oxyrhina mantelli (242357)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (Texas) Oxyrhina extenta (107425)
Late/Upper Turonian - Late/Upper Campanian93.9 - 72.2Italy Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241667 241682)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France (Charente) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (161749)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (23369)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Angola Oxyrhina mantelli (60168)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) Dallasiella willistoni, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241388)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213547 213548 213551 213555)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Belgium Cretoxyrhina mantelli (241895)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Lamna acuminata, Oxyrhina mantelli (242174) Oxyrhina mantelli (242185)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (118156 242260 242261)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Lamna acuminata, Oxyrhina mantelli (242184)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Lamna acuminata, Oxyrhina mantelli, Otodus oxyrhinoides (89988)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Angola Cretoxyrhina mantelli (275503)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Colorado) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (227704)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Somme) Oxyrhina mantelli (141941)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Aude) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (233200)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (275613)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Jordan Cretoxyrhina mantelli (62538 230055 241396)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (49045)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (94652)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Israel Cretoxyrhina mantelli (237919 237920 237922)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Acrolamna acuminata (232890)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Isurus mantelli (81928)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (176940) Isurus mantelli (82043)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Angola (Cabinda) Oxyrhina mantelli (242366)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Israel Cretoxyrhina mantelli (237918 237921 237925 237926)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Congo-Brazzaville Oxyrhina mantelli (191894)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (74335 102883)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Congo-Kinshasa Oxyrhina mantelli (242363)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Isurus mantelli (241700)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Cretoxyrhina acuminata (242027 242030)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213749)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden Cretoxyrhina mantelli (214340)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Congo-Kinshasa Oxyrhina mantelli (242372)