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Cretalamna

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cretalamna Glikman p. 570
1975Cretolamna Cappetta and Case p. 21
1977Cretolamna Herman p. 166
1977Cretolamna Itoigawa p. 132
1979Cretolamna Case p. 83
1988Cretolamna Case and Schwimmer p. 295
1989Cretolamna Case p. 67
1991Cretolamna Case p. 6
1991Cretolamna Müller and Diedrich p. 31
1992Cretolamna Siverson p. 528
1996Cretolamna Shimada p. 8
1996Cretolamna Siverson p. 826
1997Cretolamna Siverson p. 460
1999Cretolamna Cappetta and Case p. 22
1999Cretolamna Cappetta and Corral p. 346
1999Cretolamna Kriwet p. 119
2001Cretolamna Cappetta and Odin p. 649
2001Cretolamna Case et al. p. 118
2001Cretolamna Zalmout and Mustafa pp. 390-391 figs. 6-9, plate 1
2002Cretolamna Sepkoski
2003Cretolamna Cicimurri p. 10 figs. 5, F
2006Cretalamna Shimada p. 167
2006Cretalamna Shimada et al. p. 16
2007Cretolamna Cahuzac et al. p. 17
2007Cretalamna Shimada p. 584
2008Cretalamna Shimada and Martin p. 94
2010Cretalamna Bogan and Agnolin
2011Cretalamna Bourdon et al. p. 31
2011Cretalamna Underwood et al. p. 543
2013Cretalamna Cook et al. p. 574
2014Cretolamna Cicimurri et al. p. 20 figs. 13C-H
2015Cretalamna Siversson et al. p. 342
2016Cretalamna Bice and Shimada p. 176
2016Cretolamna Corral et al. p. 645
2017Cretalamna Siversson and Machalski p. 449
2018Cretolamna Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño p. 13
2019Cretalamna Hoganson et al. p. 25
2020Cretalamna Amalfitano et al. p. 265
2021Cretalamna Maisch et al. p. 5
2022Cretalamna Ebersole et al. p. 379
2023Cretolamna Guinot et al. pp. 5-6 figs. 3G-J
2025Cretalamna Juranek and Shimada p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidae
genusCretalamna

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. †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 biauriculata Wanner 1902
Cretolamna borealis Priem 1897
Cretolamna marroti Coquand 1859
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: 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
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) Cretolamna sp. (89263)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Teruel) Cretolamna sp. (214376)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57India C. sp. (239333)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Germany Lamna appendiculata (241412)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Otodus appendiculatus (2166)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oregon) C. sp. (229463)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (Western Australia) Cretolamna sp. (90688)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Lamna appendiculata (94253)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Cretolamna sp. (214239)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania Lamna appendiculata (213709 213710)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Cretolamna lerichei (62573)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Egypt Cretolamna twiggsensis (62459)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Egypt Cretolamna twiggsensis (62468)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Western Sahara Cretolamna twiggsensis (96688)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Cretolamna twiggsensis (145984)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Cretolamna lerichei (75638)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Balochistan) Cretolamna twiggensis (78423)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Otodus appendiculatus (18587)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Cretolamna appendiculata (90354)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Otodus appendiculatus (55396)