Cretoxyrhina denticulata Glickman 1957 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae

Alternative combinations: Isurus denticulatus, Pseudoisurus denticulatus

Belongs to Cretoxyrhina according to A. V. Biriukov 2018

See also Diedrich 2014, Glikman 1957, Glikman 1958, Guinot et al. 2013, Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 and Zhelezko 2000

Sister taxa: Cretoxyrhina agassizensis, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Cretoxyrhina sulukapensis, Cretoxyrhina vraconensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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