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Cretodus longiplicatus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Cretodus longiplicatus was named by Werner (1989). Its type specimen is TUB-SFB69-Vb-415, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Tibnia, Bahariya Oasis, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine siliciclastic in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Cretodus longiplicatus Werner p. 33 figs. Pl 13, figs 1,2; text-fig 12
2011Cretodus longiplicatus Underwood et al. p. 548 figs. 8A-F

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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
familyPseudoscapanorhynchidae
genusCretodusSokolov 1965
specieslongiplicatus

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.

Cretodus longiplicatus Werner 1989
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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, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan Cretodus longiplicatus (175010)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Matruh) Lamna sulcata (84550)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India (Tamil Nadu) Cretodus longiplicatus (110178)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Cretodus longiplicatus (type locality: 214509)