†Cardabiodon venator Siverson and Lindgren 2005 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cardabiodontidae
Full reference: M. Siverson and J. Lindgren. 2005. Late Cretaceous sharks Cretoxyrhina and Cardabiodon from Montana, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50:301-314
Belongs to Cardabiodon according to K. Shimada and D. J. Martin 2008
See also Siverson and Lindgren 2005
Sister taxon: Cardabiodon ricki
Type specimen: WAM 04.10.64, a tooth. Its type locality is Near Mosby, which is in a Turonian offshore shale in the Carlile Shale Formation of Montana.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), United States (3: Kansas, Montana, Nebraska)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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