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Cretorectolobus robustus

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Taxonomy
Cretorectolobus robustus was named by Underwood and Cumbaa (2010). Its type specimen is RSM P2989.188, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bainbridge River Bonebed, which is in a Cenomanian coastal mudstone in the Ashville Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Cretorectolobus robustus Underwood and Cumbaa p. 936 figs. Pl 8, figs 19-22

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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
speciesrobustus

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.

†Cretorectolobus robustus Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available