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Cretoxyrhina agassizensis
Taxonomy
Telodontaspis agassizensis was named by Underwood and Cumbaa (2010). Its type specimen is RSM P2989/144, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bainbridge River Bonebed, which is in a Cenomanian coastal mudstone in the Ashville Formation of Canada.
It was recombined as Cretoxyrhina agassizensis by Newbrey et al. (2015).
It was recombined as Cretoxyrhina agassizensis by Newbrey et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Telodontaspis agassizensis Underwood and Cumbaa p. 927 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-27 |
| 2015 | Cretoxyrhina agassizensis Newbrey et al. p. 882 fig. 3B |
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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.
†Cretoxyrhina agassizensis Underwood and Cumbaa 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian | Australia (Western Australia) | Cretoxyrhina mantelli (215794) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Australia (Western Australia) | Cretoxyrhina mantelli (215561) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Colorado) | Telodontaspis agassizensis (213403) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Telodontaspis agassizensis (type locality: 22731) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Telodontaspis agassizensis (213390) |