Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Parent taxon: Cretoxyrhinidae according to J. Amalfitano et al. 2020
See also Bice and Shimada 2016, Biddle 1993, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case et al. 1990, Cicimurri 2003, Cicimurri et al. 2014, Cook et al. 2008, Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018, Guinot et al. 2013, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada 1996, Shimada 1997, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006, Siverson 1992, Siverson 1996, Siverson and Lindgren 2005, Siverson et al. 2013, Siversson and Machalski 2017, Underwood and Mitchell 1999 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Sister taxa: Acrolamna, Dallasiella, Plicatolamna
Subtaxa: Cretoxyrhina denticulata Cretoxyrhina mantelli Cretoxyrhina petrocoriensis Cretoxyrhina vraconensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Brazil (1), Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (2), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (5), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (40: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 75 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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