Cretoxyrhina vraconensis Zhelezko 2000 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae

Alternative combination: Pseudoisurus vraconensis

Belongs to Cretoxyrhina according to T. Sokolskyi and G. Guinot 2021

See also Biriukov 2018, Siverson and Lindgren 2005, Siverson et al. 2013, Siversson and Machalski 2017 and Zhelezko 2000

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

Type specimen: Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local History Yekaterinburg 25981, a tooth. Its type locality is Besokty, sample 134/f, which is in an Albian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (2 collections), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (3), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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