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Cretorectolobus olsoni

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Taxonomy
Cretorectolobus olsoni was named by Case (1978). Its type specimen is MTA 9, a tooth, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Cretorectolobus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus Case p. 187 figs. 8; Pl. 2:6, 7a-d
1978Cretorectolobus olsoni Case p. 188 figs. 9-10; Pl. 3:1a-d, 2a-d
1993Cretorectolobus olsoni Biddle p. 203
1995Cretorectolobus olsoni Siverson p. 978 figs. 3.1-3.6
2019Cretorectolobus olsoni Hoganson et al. p. 21 figs. 7.38-7.46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyOrectolobidaeJordan and Fowler 1903
genusCretorectolobus
speciesolsoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus Case 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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