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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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cretorectolobus olsoni Case p. 188 figs. 9-10; Pl. 3:1a-d, 2a-d
1987Cretorectolobus olsoni Case p. 18 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-7
1993Cretorectolobus olsoni Biddle p. 203
1995Cretorectolobus olsoni Siverson p. 978 figs. 3.1-3.6
1997Cretorectolobus olsoni Case and Cappetta p. 138 figs. Pl 5, figs 3,4
1999Cretorectolobus olsoni Beavan and Russell p. 496 figs. 3.3, 3.4
2019Cretorectolobus olsoni Hoganson et al. p. 21 figs. 7.38-7.46
2025Cretorectolobus olsoni Nelson et al. p. 108 fig. 7Q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
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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Diagnosis
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