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Cretorectolobus

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Taxonomy
Cretorectolobus was named by Case (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. Its type is Cretorectolobus olsoni.

It was assigned to Orectolobiformes by Siverson (1995), Underwood et al. (1999) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Orectolobidae by Case (1978), Biddle (1993), Cappetta and Case (1999) and Hoganson et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cretorectolobus Case p. 187
1993Cretorectolobus Biddle p. 203
1995Cretorectolobus Siverson p. 978
1999Cretorectolobus Cappetta and Case p. 28
1999Cretorectolobus Underwood et al. p. 293
2002Cretorectolobus Sepkoski
2019Cretorectolobus Hoganson et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyOrectolobidaeJordan and Fowler 1903
genusCretorectolobus

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. †Cretorectolobus Case 1978
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†Cretorectolobus doylei Underwood et al. 1999
†Cretorectolobus gracilis Underwood and Mitchell 1999
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Invalid names: Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus Case 1978 [synonym]
†Cretorectolobus robustus Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 136.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) C. doylei (66421 66422)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0United Kingdom (England) C. doylei (66418 66419 66420)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) C. gracilis (213324)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France (Marne) C. sp. (235563)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) C. gracilis (213332 213335 213336 213372)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Kazakhstan C. doylei (175010)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) C. sp. (22679)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) C. sp. (213298)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (213308)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) C. robustus (22731)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) C. sp. (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) C. sp. (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (128412)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) C. olsoni (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70488 70489 70490 70499 70500 70501 215800 215801) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, C. olsoni (70455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, C. olsoni (22640)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) C. olsoni (215798 215799) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, C. olsoni (69150)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) C. olsoni (69153 69450 177498) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, C. olsoni (69161)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) C. sp. (14494) Eucrossorhinus microcuspidatus, C. olsoni (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Chihuahua) C. sp. (35353)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile (Santiago) C. sp. (132352)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. olsoni (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine C. sp. (142786)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) C. olsoni (213580 213582 213583 213584 213587 213589)