Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Aquilolamnidae
Full reference: G. R. Case, T. T. Tokaryk, and D. Baird. 1990. Selachians from the Niobrara Formation of the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (27)1084-1094
Parent taxon: Aquilolamnidae according to R. Vullo et al. 2021
See also Cappetta and Case 1999, Case et al. 1990 and Cumbaa et al. 2006
Sister taxon: Aquilolamna
Subtaxa: Cretomanta canadensis
Type: Cretomanta canadensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), Morocco (4), United States (14: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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