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Cretascymnus

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cretascymnus Cappetta p. 84
2002Cretascymnus Sepkoski
2022Cretascymnus Feichtinger et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderSqualiformesGoodrich 1909
familySomniosidaeJordan 1888
genusCretascymnus

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:18:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:18:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
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 Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Centrophorus adonis (92241)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany C. westfalicus (228233)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. sp., C. westfalicus (101702)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. westfalicus (101701)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel C. sp. (35443)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Angola C. quimbalaensis (275709)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria C. beauryi (228232 228907 228908 228909 228910 228911 228912)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany C. westfalicus (233262 240317 240320 240321 240322)