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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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