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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
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
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 Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 121.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (173 total)

Oldest occurrences

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 - 100.5Japan (Iwate) Plicatolamna macrohiza (210763)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (Western Australia) Cretoxyrhinidae indet. (90688)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Poland Cretoxyrhina vraconensis (213375)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Cretoxyrhina vraconensis (214239 214241 214242)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Cretoxyrhina vraconensis (215565)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Texas) Cretoxyrhina sp. (235811)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Belgorod) Cretoxyrhina sp. (32314)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan Cretoxyrhina denticulata (175010)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (74335 102883)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden Cretoxyrhina mantelli (214340)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (213749)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium Cretoxyrhina acuminata (242027 242030)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Isurus mantelli (241700)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (106411)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (275653)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Angola Cretoxyrhinidae indet. (275711)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) Cretoxyrhina mantelli (7461)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Congo-Kinshasa Oxyrhina mantelli (242372)