Cardabiodon ricki Siverson 1999 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cardabiodontidae

Full reference: M. Siverson. 1999. A new large lamniform shark from the uppermost Gearle Siltstone (Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous) of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 90:49-66

Belongs to Cardabiodon according to T. D. Cook et al. 2013

See also Siverson 1999

Sister taxon: Cardabiodon venator

Type specimen: WAM 96.4.45, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cardabiodon Site, CY Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine siltstone in the Gearle Siltstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Canada (2: Alberta)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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