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Cretascymnus
Taxonomy
Cretascymnus was named by Cappetta (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. Its type is Centrophorus adonis.
It was assigned to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Somniosidae by Feichtinger et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Squaliformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Somniosidae by Feichtinger et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Cretascymnus Cappetta p. 84 |
| 2002 | Cretascymnus Sepkoski |
| 2022 | Cretascymnus Feichtinger et al. p. 9 |
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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.
G. †Cretascymnus Cappetta 1980
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†Cretascymnus adonis Signeux 1950
†Cretascymnus beauryi Feichtinger et al. 2022
†Cretascymnus quimbalaensis Antunes and Cappetta 2002
†Cretascymnus westfalicus Muller and Schollmann 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Santonian | Lebanon | Centrophorus adonis (92241) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Germany | C. westfalicus (228233) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | C. sp., C. westfalicus (101702) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | C. westfalicus (101701) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Israel | C. sp. (35443) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Angola | C. quimbalaensis (275709) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Austria | C. beauryi (228232 228907 228908 228909 228910 228911 228912) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Germany | C. westfalicus (233262 240317 240320 240321 240322) |