Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Alternative combinations: Cretolamna appendiculata, Lamna appendiculata, Lamna appendiculatus, Otodus appendiculatis, Otodus appendiculatus

Synonyms: Cretolamna appendiculata lata Agassiz 1838, Lamna lata Agassiz 1838, Otodus latus Agassiz 1838

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Feuilleton Additionnel aux Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles 21-64

Belongs to Cretalamna according to H. M. Maisch et al. 2021

See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Amalfitano et al. 2020, Applegate 1970, Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bogan and Agnolin 2010, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Cappetta and Odin 2001, Case 1979, Case 1989, Case 1991, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Chapman 1918, Cook et al. 2013, Corral et al. 2016, Dalinkevičius 1935, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Itoigawa 1977, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Rapp 1946, Shimada 1996, Shimada 2006, Shimada 2007, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006, Siverson 1992, Siverson 1996, Siversson et al. 2015, Thies and Müller 1993, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood et al. 2011 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Cretalamna catoxodon, Cretalamna deschutteri, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna feldmanni, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna hattini, Cretalamna sarcoportheta, Cretolamna biauriculata, Cretolamna borealis, Cretolamna marroti

Subtaxa: Cretolamna appendiculata appendiculata

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Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection), United States (2: Maryland, New Jersey)

• Eocene of United States (1: Virginia)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (5: California, New Jersey, South Carolina)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Alberta), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (4), France (9), Germany (2), India (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Japan (10), Jordan (5), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (4), Sweden (4), Syria (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (79: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 148 collections each including a single occurrence

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