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Cretodus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Cretodus Sokolov
1988Cretodus Case and Schwimmer p. 295
1989Cretodus Werner p. 33
1990Cretodus Case et al. p. 1087
1991Cretodus Müller and Diedrich p. 33
1992Cretodus Siverson p. 534
1993Cretodus Biddle p. 207
1999Cretodus Cappetta and Case p. 21
2002Cretodus Sepkoski
2003Cretodus Cicimurri pp. 9-10 figs. 5, E
2004Cretodus Cuny et al. pp. 131-132 figs. Pl.1, figs 11-16
2006Cretodus Shimada p. 166
2006Cretodus Shimada et al. p. 14
2007Cretodus Cahuzac et al. p. 16
2008Cretodus Cook et al. p. 1190
2011Cretodus Underwood et al. p. 548
2016Cretodus Bice and Shimada p. 177
2017Cretodus Siversson and Machalski p. 453
2019Cretodus Shimada and Everhart p. 4
2021Cretodus Maisch et al. p. 10

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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
familyPseudoscapanorhynchidae
genusCretodusSokolov 1965

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. †Cretodus Sokolov 1965
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†Cretodus crassidens Dixon 1850
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Invalid names: Otodus pinguis Sauvage 1872 [synonym]
†Cretodus houghtonorum Shimada and Everhart 2019
†Cretodus longiplicatus Werner 1989
†Cretodus semiplicatus Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Otodus crassus Woodward 1888 [synonym], Otodus divaricatus Leidy 1872 [synonym], Otodus michoni Coquand 1860 [synonym], Otodus sulcatus Geinitz 1843 [synonym], Scyllium rugosum Williston 1900 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 119.57000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2USA (Texas) Lamna sulcata (99154)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Tunisia (Tataouine) C. semiplicatus (125935)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Tunisia (Médenine) C. sp. (67203)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Champagne-Ardenne) Oxyrhina crassidens, Otodus sulcatus (55335)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Lamna sulcata (99146)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (37561)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) Lamna sulcata (99143 99147 99149 99152 99155 99157 99158)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Tunisia (Tataouine) C. semiplicatus (116297) C. sp. (116299)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France (Haute-Marne) C. sp. (235569)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) C. semiplicatus (213307)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania Lamna semiplicata (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Poland C. sp. (213375)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan C. longiplicatus (175010)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola C. sp., C. semiplicatus (275502)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France C. semiplicatus (242208)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France C. semiplicatus (242279)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) C. semiplicatus (73862 77229 77230 77232)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India (Tamil Nadu) C. longiplicatus (110178)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Matruh) Lamna sulcata (84550)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany C. sp., C. semiplicatus (210063)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) C. sp., C. semiplicatus (61819)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Plicatolamna semiplicata (241896)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Otodus sulcatus (221230 221233) Plicatolamna semiplicata (69118 213132)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) C. semiplicatus (88991 110466)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt C. longiplicatus (214509)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) C. semiplicatus (275635) C. sp. (117819)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) C. semiplicatus (213416 213419)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) C. semiplicatus (83071)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) C. semiplicatus (241422 241423)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) C. semiplicatus (35429)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France C. semiplicatus (242280)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Saskatchewan) C. appendiculata (52997)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) C. semiplicatus (213314 213318)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) C. semiplicatus (213401 239336)
Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Angola C. semiplicatus (275404)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) C. semiplicatus (136242)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) C. semiplicatus (213299)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Nord-Pas de Calais) Otodus semiplicatus (113591)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Lamna semiplicata (213291)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Wyoming) C. crassidens (241390)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Iwate) C. sp. (165694)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Italy (Verona) C. sp. (184305)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) C. semiplicatus (179267)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) C. crassidens (150369 213387 213524) C. houghtonorum (208720)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Belgium Plicatolamna semiplicata, Plicatolamna crassidens (241974)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Nebraska) C. crassidens (213389)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Plicatolamna semiplicata, Plicatolamna crassidens (241894)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) C. crassidens (241389 275631)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Utah) C. crassidens (145187)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) C. crassidens (213300)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) C. crassidens (181902)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Charente) C. sulcatus, C. semiplicatus (161748)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Utah) C. crassidens (196654)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (New Mexico) C. semiplicatus (221290)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Angola Lamna sulcata (60168)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Canada (Saskatchewan) C. sp. (23369)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Texas) C. crassidens (241388)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Belgium Plicatolamna semiplicata, Plicatolamna crassidens (241895)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Otodus semiplicatus (242174)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Belgium (Namur) Plicatolamna semiplicata (51518)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) C. semiplicatus (78137)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan C. sp. (219963)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) C. semiplicatus (5159 152687)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (14472)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Israel C. sp. (214862)