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Cretolamna biauriculata

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Otodus biauriculata was named by Wanner (1902) [Zittel in MS].

It was recombined as Cretolamna biauriculata by Case (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Otodus biauriculata Wanner
1979Cretolamna biauriculata Case p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidae
genusCretolamna(Glikman 1958)
speciesbiauriculata(Wanner 1902)

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.

Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

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

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel Cretolamna biauriculata (35443 35444)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria Cretolamna biauriculata (117849 117850 117855 117857)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Cretolamna biauriculata (116903)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Cretolamna biauriculata (65222)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Cretolamna biauriculata (71488)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Cretolamna biauriculata (13366 65221)