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Cretalamna
Taxonomy
Cretalamna was named by Glikman (1958).
It was corrected as Cretolamna by Cappetta and Case (1975), Itoigawa (1977), Herman (1977), Case (1979), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Case (1989), Case (1991), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Siverson (1996), Shimada (1996), Siverson (1997), Kriwet (1999), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Case et al. (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Cicimurri (2003), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Corral et al. (2016), Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño (2018), Guinot et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Odontaspidae by Glikman (1958); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Cretoxyrhinidae by Cappetta and Case (1975), Itoigawa (1977), Herman (1977), Case (1979), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Case (1989), Case (1991), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Siverson (1996), Shimada (1996), Siverson (1997), Kriwet (1999), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Case et al. (2001), Cicimurri (2003), Shimada (2006), Shimada et al. (2006), Shimada (2007), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Amalfitano et al. (2020); and to Otodontidae by Shimada and Martin (2008), Underwood et al. (2011), Bourdon et al. (2011), Cook et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Siversson et al. (2015), Corral et al. (2016), Bice and Shimada (2016), Siversson and Machalski (2017), Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño (2018), Hoganson et al. (2019), Maisch et al. (2021), Ebersole et al. (2022), Guinot et al. (2023), Juranek and Shimada (2025).
It was corrected as Cretolamna by Cappetta and Case (1975), Itoigawa (1977), Herman (1977), Case (1979), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Case (1989), Case (1991), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Siverson (1996), Shimada (1996), Siverson (1997), Kriwet (1999), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Case et al. (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Cicimurri (2003), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Corral et al. (2016), Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño (2018), Guinot et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Odontaspidae by Glikman (1958); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Cretoxyrhinidae by Cappetta and Case (1975), Itoigawa (1977), Herman (1977), Case (1979), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Case (1989), Case (1991), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Siverson (1996), Shimada (1996), Siverson (1997), Kriwet (1999), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Case et al. (2001), Cicimurri (2003), Shimada (2006), Shimada et al. (2006), Shimada (2007), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Amalfitano et al. (2020); and to Otodontidae by Shimada and Martin (2008), Underwood et al. (2011), Bourdon et al. (2011), Cook et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Siversson et al. (2015), Corral et al. (2016), Bice and Shimada (2016), Siversson and Machalski (2017), Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño (2018), Hoganson et al. (2019), Maisch et al. (2021), Ebersole et al. (2022), Guinot et al. (2023), Juranek and Shimada (2025).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1958 | Cretalamna Glikman p. 570 |
1975 | Cretolamna Cappetta and Case p. 21 |
1977 | Cretolamna Herman p. 166 |
1977 | Cretolamna Itoigawa p. 132 |
1979 | Cretolamna Case p. 83 |
1988 | Cretolamna Case and Schwimmer p. 295 |
1989 | Cretolamna Case p. 67 |
1991 | Cretolamna Case p. 6 |
1991 | Cretolamna Müller and Diedrich p. 31 |
1992 | Cretolamna Siverson p. 528 |
1996 | Cretolamna Shimada p. 8 |
1996 | Cretolamna Siverson p. 826 |
1997 | Cretolamna Siverson p. 460 |
1999 | Cretolamna Cappetta and Case p. 22 |
1999 | Cretolamna Cappetta and Corral p. 346 |
1999 | Cretolamna Kriwet p. 119 |
2001 | Cretolamna Cappetta and Odin p. 649 |
2001 | Cretolamna Case et al. p. 118 |
2001 | Cretolamna Zalmout and Mustafa pp. 390-391 figs. 6-9, plate 1 |
2002 | Cretolamna Sepkoski |
2003 | Cretolamna Cicimurri p. 10 figs. 5, F |
2006 | Cretalamna Shimada p. 167 |
2006 | Cretalamna Shimada et al. p. 16 |
2007 | Cretolamna Cahuzac et al. p. 17 |
2007 | Cretalamna Shimada p. 584 |
2008 | Cretalamna Shimada and Martin p. 94 |
2010 | Cretalamna Bogan and Agnolin |
2011 | Cretalamna Bourdon et al. p. 31 |
2011 | Cretalamna Underwood et al. p. 543 |
2013 | Cretalamna Cook et al. p. 574 |
2014 | Cretolamna Cicimurri et al. p. 20 figs. 13C-H |
2015 | Cretalamna Siversson et al. p. 342 |
2016 | Cretalamna Bice and Shimada p. 176 |
2016 | Cretolamna Corral et al. p. 645 |
2017 | Cretalamna Siversson and Machalski p. 449 |
2018 | Cretolamna Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño p. 13 |
2019 | Cretalamna Hoganson et al. p. 25 |
2020 | Cretalamna Amalfitano et al. p. 265 |
2021 | Cretalamna Maisch et al. p. 5 |
2022 | Cretalamna Ebersole et al. p. 379 |
2023 | Cretolamna Guinot et al. pp. 5-6 figs. 3G-J |
2025 | Cretalamna Juranek and Shimada p. 12 |
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G. †Cretalamna Glikman 1958
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†Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Lamna manitobensis Whiteaves 1889 [synonym], Otodus latus Agassiz 1838 [synonym]
†Cretalamna catoxodon Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna deschutteri Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna ewelli Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna feldmanni Hoganson et al. 2019
†Cretalamna gertericorum Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna hattini Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna maroccana Arambourg 1935
†Cretalamna sarcoportheta Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretolamna appendiculata appendiculata Itoigawa 1977
†Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902
†Cretolamna borealis Priem 1897
†Cretolamna marroti Coquand 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Serravallian or 125.77000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (253 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Cretolamna sp. (89263) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Teruel) | Cretolamna sp. (214376) | |
Early/Lower Aptian | India | C. sp. (239333) | |
Early/Lower Albian | Germany | Lamna appendiculata (241412) | |
Albian | Switzerland | Otodus appendiculatus (2166) | |
Albian | USA (Oregon) | C. sp. (229463) | |
Albian | Australia (Western Australia) | Cretolamna sp. (90688) | |
Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | Lamna appendiculata (94253) | |
Late/Upper Albian | Ukraine | Cretolamna sp. (214239) | |
Late/Upper Albian | Lithuania | Lamna appendiculata (213709 213710) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
Middle Eocene | Uzbekistan | Cretolamna lerichei (62573) | |
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | Cretolamna twiggsensis (62459) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | Cretolamna twiggsensis (62468) | |
Priabonian | Western Sahara | Cretolamna twiggsensis (96688) | |
Priabonian | Egypt | Cretolamna twiggsensis (145984) | |
Priabonian | USA (Louisiana) | Cretolamna lerichei (75638) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Cretolamna twiggensis (78423) | |
Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Otodus appendiculatus (18587) | |
Langhian | France | Cretolamna appendiculata (90354) | |
Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Otodus appendiculatus (55396) |