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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].

It was assigned to Orectolobiformes by Siverson (1995), Underwood et al. (1999), Sepkoski (2002); and to Orectolobidae by Case (1978), Biddle (1993), Cappetta and Case (1999), 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
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
suborderOrectoloboideiApplegate 1974
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
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 132.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) C. doylei (66421 66422)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) C. doylei (66418 66419 66420)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (241459)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) C. gracilis (213324)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Marne) C. sp. (235563)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) C. gracilis (213332 213335 213336 213372)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan C. doylei (175010)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) C. sp. (22679)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) C. sp. (213298)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (213308)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Saskatchewan) C. robustus (22731)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France C. sp. (242281)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) C. sp. (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skane) C. sp. (106411)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) C. olsoni (69150 215798 215799)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) C. olsoni (22640 276674 276675)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) C. olsoni (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70488 70489 70490 70499 70500 70501 215800 215801)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (128412)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) C. olsoni (229975) C. sp. (14494)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) C. olsoni (69153 69161 69450 177498)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Chihuahua) C. sp. (35353)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Santiago) C. sp. (132352)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. olsoni (61738)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) C. olsoni (213580 213582 213583 213584 213587 213589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine C. sp. (142786)