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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), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. apendiculata, C. aschersoni, C. biauriculate, C. lerichei, C. twiggensis, C. twiggsensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Otodus biauriculata Wanner
1979Cretolamna biauriculata Case p. 84
2001Cretolamna biauriculata Zalmout and Mustafa p. 391 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidaeGlickman 1964
genusCretolamna
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Maastrichtian85.7 - 66.0Angola Cretolamna biauriculata (275550)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel Cretolamna biauriculata (35444)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Syria Cretolamna biauriculata (117849 117850 117855 117857)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Angola Cretolamna biauriculata (275587)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Cretolamna biauriculata (65222 241398 241399 241402)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco Cretolamna biauriculata (116903)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt Cretolamna biauriculata (275565 275566)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Cretolamna biauriculata (71488)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Angola (Cabinda) Cretolamna biauriculata (275584 275585)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Cretolamna biauriculata (13366)