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Cretodus
Taxonomy
Cretodus was named by Sokolov (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: ].
It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Underwood et al. (2011); to Cretoxyrhinidae by Case and Schwimmer (1988), Werner (1989), Case et al. (1990), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Biddle (1993), Cappetta and Case (1999), Cicimurri (2003), Cuny et al. (2004), Shimada (2006), Shimada et al. (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cook et al. (2008) and Bice and Shimada (2016); and to Pseudoscapanorhynchidae by Siversson and Machalski (2017), Shimada and Everhart (2019) and Maisch et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002) and Underwood et al. (2011); to Cretoxyrhinidae by Case and Schwimmer (1988), Werner (1989), Case et al. (1990), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Biddle (1993), Cappetta and Case (1999), Cicimurri (2003), Cuny et al. (2004), Shimada (2006), Shimada et al. (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cook et al. (2008) and Bice and Shimada (2016); and to Pseudoscapanorhynchidae by Siversson and Machalski (2017), Shimada and Everhart (2019) and Maisch et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Cretodus Sokolov |
| 1988 | Cretodus Case and Schwimmer p. 295 |
| 1989 | Cretodus Werner p. 33 |
| 1990 | Cretodus Case et al. p. 1087 |
| 1991 | Cretodus Müller and Diedrich p. 33 |
| 1992 | Cretodus Siverson p. 534 |
| 1993 | Cretodus Biddle p. 207 |
| 1999 | Cretodus Cappetta and Case p. 21 |
| 2002 | Cretodus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Cretodus Cicimurri pp. 9-10 figs. 5, E |
| 2004 | Cretodus Cuny et al. pp. 131-132 figs. Pl.1, figs 11-16 |
| 2006 | Cretodus Shimada p. 166 |
| 2006 | Cretodus Shimada et al. p. 14 |
| 2007 | Cretodus Cahuzac et al. p. 16 |
| 2008 | Cretodus Cook et al. p. 1190 |
| 2011 | Cretodus Underwood et al. p. 548 |
| 2016 | Cretodus Bice and Shimada p. 177 |
| 2017 | Cretodus Siversson and Machalski p. 453 |
| 2019 | Cretodus Shimada and Everhart p. 4 |
| 2021 | Cretodus Maisch et al. p. 10 |
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G. †Cretodus Sokolov 1965
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†Cretodus crassidens Dixon 1850
†Cretodus houghtonorum Shimada and Everhart 2019
†Cretodus longiplicatus Werner 1989
†Cretodus semiplicatus Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Otodus crassus Woodward 1888 [synonym], Otodus divaricatus Leidy 1872 [synonym], Otodus michoni Coquand 1860 [synonym], Otodus sulcatus Geinitz 1843 [synonym], Scyllium rugosus Williston 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 122.46000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (64 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aptian | USA (Texas) | Lamna sulcata (99154) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | C. semiplicatus (125935) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Tunisia (Médenine) | C. sp. (67203) | |
| Albian | USA (Texas) | Lamna sulcata (99143 99147 99149 99152 99155 99157 99158) | |
| Albian | Tunisia (Tataouine) | C. semiplicatus (116297) C. sp. (116299) | |
| Albian | USA (New Mexico) | C. sp. (37561) | |
| Early/Lower Albian | USA (Texas) | Lamna sulcata (99146) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Texas) | C. semiplicatus (213307) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Lithuania | Lamna semiplicata (213709 213710) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Poland | C. sp. (213375) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Kazakhstan | C. longiplicatus (175010) | |
| Cenomanian | Germany (Westphalia) | C. sp., C. semiplicatus (210063) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt (Matruh) | Lamna sulcata (84550) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | India (Tamil Nadu) | C. longiplicatus (110178) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | C. semiplicatus (73862 77229 77230 77232) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Egypt | C. longiplicatus (214509) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | Otodus sulcatus (221230 221233) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (South Dakota) | C. sp. (117819) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | C. semiplicatus (213416 213419) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | C. semiplicatus (88991 110466) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Minnesota) | C. sp., C. semiplicatus (61819) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | C. semiplicatus (213314 213318) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | C. semiplicatus (35429) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Nebraska) | C. semiplicatus (213401) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | C. appendiculata (52997) | |
| Turonian | USA (Utah) | C. crassidens (196654) | |
| Turonian | France (Charente) | C. sulcatus, C. semiplicatus (161748) | |
| Turonian | USA (South Dakota) | C. crassidens (181902) | |
| Turonian | Japan (Iwate) | C. sp. (165694) | |
| Turonian | USA (Texas) | C. crassidens (213300) | |
| Turonian - Coniacian | USA (New Mexico) | C. semiplicatus (221290) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Canada (Alberta) | C. semiplicatus (136242) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (South Dakota) | Lamna semiplicata (213291) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (Texas) | C. semiplicatus (213299) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Nebraska) | C. crassidens (213389) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | C. crassidens (150369 213387 213524) C. houghtonorum (208720) | |
| Middle Turonian | Italy (Verona) | C. sp. (184305) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (New Mexico) | C. semiplicatus (179267) | |
| Coniacian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | C. sp. (23369) | |
| Santonian | Japan | C. sp. (219963) | |
| Santonian | USA (Georgia) | C. semiplicatus (5159 152687) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Alabama) | C. semiplicatus (78137) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | C. arcuata (14455) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | C. sp., C. arcuata (14472) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Israel | C. sp. (214862) |