Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae

Alternative combinations: Isurus mantelli, Isurus mantellii, Lamna mantellii, Oxyrhina mantelli, Oxyrhina mantellii

Synonym: Oxyrhina extenta Leidy 1873

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

Belongs to Cretoxyrhina according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024

See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Amalfitano et al. 2020, Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case et al. 1990, Cook et al. 2008, Cook et al. 2013, Gibbes 1847, Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018, Hay 1902, Johnson-Ransom et al. 2016, Leidy 1873, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Nagrodski et al. 2012, Shimada 1996, Shimada 1997, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada and Nagrodski 2010, Shimada et al. 2006, Siverson 1992, Siverson 1996, Siverson and Lindgren 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood and Mitchell 1999 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Cretoxyrhina denticulata, Cretoxyrhina petrocoriensis, Cretoxyrhina vraconensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Jordan (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (39: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence

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