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Cretalamna catoxodon

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Cretalamna catoxodon was named by Siversson et al. (2015). Its type specimen is WAM 09.6.2, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Main Site, CY Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine siltstone in the Gearle Siltstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Cretalamna catoxodon Siversson et al. p. 370 figs. 19B, 20-22

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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(Glikman 1958)
speciescatoxodon

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 catoxodon 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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Western Australia) Cretolamna appendiculata (215794)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Western Australia) Cretalamna catoxodon (type locality: 215765 215766 215767)