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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

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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:07:32
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:07:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cretorectolobus olsoni (69150 215798 215799)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Cretorectolobus olsoni (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70488 70489 70490 70499 70500 70501 215800 215801)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cretorectolobus olsoni (22640)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Cretorectolobus olsoni (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cretorectolobus olsoni (69153 69161 69450 177498)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Cretorectolobus olsoni (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cretorectolobus olsoni (213580 213582 213583 213584 213587 213589)