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Cretorectolobus gracilis

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Taxonomy
Cretorectolobus gracilis was named by Underwood and Mitchell (1999). Its type specimen is LIVCM 1998.20.AS, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample 6a, South Ferriby, which is in an Albian offshore marl in the Hunstanton Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Cretorectolobus gracilis Underwood and Mitchell figs. pl 6, figs 5-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderOrectolobiformesApplegate 1972
familyOrectolobidaeJordan and Fowler 1903
genusCretorectolobus
speciesgracilis

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.

Cretorectolobus gracilis Underwood and Mitchell 1999
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 112.03000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Cretorectolobus gracilis (213324)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Cretorectolobus gracilis (213332 213335 213336 type locality: 213372)