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Cretalamna hattini

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Cretalamna hattini was named by Siversson et al. (2015). Its type specimen is LACM 128126, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACM 6068, Logan County, which is in a Santonian offshore ramp chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Cretalamna hattini Siversson et al. p. 361 figs. 13-17, 19A

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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
genusCretalamnaGlikman 1958
specieshattini

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.

†Cretalamna hattini Siversson et al. 2015
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Kansas) Cretalamna appendiculata (type locality: 213523)