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Cretalamna appendiculata

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Lamna appendiculata was named by Agassiz (1835).

It was recombined as Otodus appendiculatus by Agassiz (1838), Agassiz (1843), Barrois (1874), Zaręczny (1878), Hay (1902); it was corrected as Lamna appendiculatus by Woodward (1889); it was recombined as Cretolamna appendiculata by Cappetta and Case (1975), Herman (1977), Itoigawa (1977), Case (1979), Welton and Alderson (1981), Wolberg (1985), Wolberg (1985), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Case (1989), Case (1991), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Stewart and Martin (1993), Williamson et al. (1993), Thies and Müller (1993), Uyeno and Suzuki (1995), Siverson (1996), Shimada (1996), Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Mustafa (2000), Cicimurri (2001), Case et al. (2001), Case et al. (2001), Gottfried et al. (2001), Case (2001), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Cappetta and Odin (2001), Antunes and Cappetta (2002), Mikuž (2003), Cicimurri (2004), Adnet (2006), Ladwig (2006), Ladwig (2006), Spielmann et al. (2009), Vasquez and Pimiento (2014), Corral et al. (2016); it was recombined as Isurus appendiculatus by Diedrich (2014); it was misspelled as Otodus appendiculatis by Gibbes (1847), Priem (1896), Chapman (1918), Dalinkevičius (1935), Dartevelle and Casier (1943), Rapp (1946), Weiler (1964), Bardack (1968), Applegate (1970), Evetts (1979), Thies (1979), Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata by Shimada (2006), Shimada et al. (2006), Shimada (2007), Shimada and Martin (2008), Shimada et al. (2010), Becker et al. (2010), Bogan and Agnolin (2010), Hamm and Cicimurri (2011), Underwood et al. (2011), Retzler et al. (2013), Cook et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Adolfssen and Ward (2015), Siversson et al. (2015), Bice and Shimada (2016), Takakuwa et al. (2018), Amalfitano et al. (2020), Maisch et al. (2021), Salvino et al. (2025), Juranek and Shimada (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Lamna appendiculata Agassiz p. 54
1838Otodus appendiculatus Agassiz figs. Pl 32, figs 1-25
1843Otodus appendiculatus Agassiz p. 270
1847Otodus appendiculatis Gibbes p. 199
1874Otodus appendiculatus Barrois p. 106
1878Otodus appendiculatus Zaręczny p. 208
1889Lamna manitobensis Whiteaves
1889Lamna appendiculatus Woodward p. 393
1896Lamna appendiculata Priem p. 14 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-9
1902Lamna manitobensis Hay p. 303
1902Otodus appendiculatus Hay p. 304
1918Lamna appendiculata Chapman p. 14
1935Lamna appendiculata Dalinkevičius p. 271 figs. Pl 5, figs 104-109
1943Lamna appendiculata Dartevelle and Casier p. 128 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-12
1946Lamna appendiculata Rapp p. 510
1964Lamna appendiculata Weiler p. 10 fig. 20a,b
1968Lamna appendiculata Bardack p. 147
1970Lamna appendiculata Applegate p. 396
1975Cretolamna appendiculata Cappetta and Case p. 21 figs. Pl 3, figs 10-28
1977Cretolamna appendiculata Herman p. 210 figs. Pl 9, fig 2
1977Cretolamna appendiculata Itoigawa p. 132
1979Cretolamna appendiculata Case p. 83
1979Lamna appendiculata Evetts p. 63 figs. Pl 1, figs 38-47
1979Lamna appendiculata Thies figs. Pl 2, fig 3
1981Lamna appendiculata Thurmond and Jones p. 53
1981Cretolamna appendiculata Welton and Alderson p. 55 fig. 4
1985Cretolamna appendiculata Wolberg p. 2 figs. 3R-T
1988Cretolamna appendiculata Case and Schwimmer p. 295
1989Cretolamna appendiculata Case p. 67 fig. 2A,B
1991Cretolamna appendiculata Case p. 6 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1991Cretolamna appendiculata Müller and Diedrich p. 31
1992Cretolamna appendiculata Siverson p. 528 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-17
1993Cretolamna appendiculata Stewart and Martin p. 244
1993Cretolamna appendiculata Thies and Müller p. 102
1993Cretolamna appendiculata Williamson et al. p. 454 figs. 6.1-6.6
1995Cretolamna appendiculata Uyeno and Suzuki p. 62 figs. 2A-D
1996Cretolamna appendiculata Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 26
1996Cretolamna appendiculata Shimada p. 8 figs. 5D-E
1996Cretolamna appendiculata Siverson p. 828 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-8
1999Cretolamna appendiculata Cappetta and Case p. 22 figs. Pl 6, fig 10; text-figs 5,6
1999Cretolamna appendiculata Cappetta and Corral p. 346 fig. 3
2000Cretolamna appendiculata Mustafa p. 604 figs. 4.1-4.8
2001Cretolamna appendiculata Cappetta and Odin p. 649 figs. Pl, fig 4
2001Cretolamna appendiculata Case p. 108 figs. Pl 2, fig 9
2001Cretolamna appendiculata Case et al. p. 118 figs. Pl 2, figs 19,20
2001Cretolamna appendiculata Case et al. p. 91 figs. Pl 3, figs 49-58
2001Cretolamna appendiculata Cicimurri p. 34 fig. 7H
2001Cretolamna appendiculata Gottfried et al. p. 495 fig. 2j
2001Cretolamna appendiculata Zalmout and Mustafa p. 390 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-9
2002Cretolamna appendiculata Antunes and Cappetta p. 126 figs. Pl 10, figs 8-13
2003Cretolamna appendiculata Mikuž p. 84 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2004Cretolamna appendiculata Cicimurri p. 10 fig. 5F
2006Cretolamna appendiculata Adnet p. 64 figs. Pl 21, fig 1
2006Cretolamna appendiculata Ladwig p. 4 fig. 3,4
2006Cretalamna appendiculata Shimada p. 167 fig. 4E
2006Cretalamna appendiculata Shimada et al. p. 16 figs. 10.5-10.8
2007Cretalamna appendiculata Shimada p. 584 figs. 1-4,6-10
2008Cretalamna appendiculata Shimada and Martin p. 94 fig. 6G
2009Cretolamna appendiculata Spielmann et al. p. 317 figs. 2N-O
2010Cretalamna appendiculata Becker et al. p. 257 figs. 6.2-6.4
2010Cretalamna appendiculata Bogan and Agnolin
2010Cretalamna appendiculata Shimada et al. p. 592 fig. 2
2011Cretalamna appendiculata Hamm and Cicimurri p. 114 fig. 4H
2011Cretalamna appendiculata Underwood et al. p. 543 figs. 4A-L
2013Cretalamna appendiculata Cook et al. p. 574 fig. 11N
2013Cretalamna appendiculata Retzler et al. p. 83 fig. 3A
2014Cretalamna appendiculata Cicimurri et al. p. 20 figs. 13C-H
2014Isurus appendiculatus Diedrich p. 15 figs. 6i-k
2014Cretolamna appendiculata Vasquez and Pimiento p. 166 fig. 1C
2015Cretalamna appendiculata Adolfssen and Ward p. 329 figs. 7C-I
2015Cretalamna appendiculata Siversson et al. p. 343 fig. 2,3
2016Cretalamna appendiculata Bice and Shimada p. 176 fig. 3A,B
2016Cretolamna appendiculata Corral et al. p. 645 fig. 6A,B
2018Cretalamna appendiculata Takakuwa et al. p. 61 figs. 1.1-1.10
2020Cretalamna appendiculata Amalfitano et al. p. 265 figs. 4A-C
2021Cretalamna appendiculata Maisch et al. pp. 5, 14, 21 figs. 6I-T, 11C-D
2025Cretalamna appendiculata Juranek and Shimada p. 12 fig. 5F
2025Cretalamna appendiculata Salvino et al. p. 121 fig. 3K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidaeGlickman 1964
genusCretalamna
speciesappendiculata()

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 appendiculata Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Lamna manitobensis Whiteaves 1889 [synonym]
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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Serravallian or 113.20000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (263 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Germany Lamna appendiculata (241412)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Champagne-Ardenne) Otodus appendiculatus (55335)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France Otodus appendiculatus (242178)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Otodus appendiculatus (2166)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Lamna appendiculata (276383)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Cretolamna appendiculata (52126 213307)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania Lamna appendiculata (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Kazakhstan Cretalamna appendiculata (277321)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Lamna appendiculata (94253)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan Cretalamna appendiculata (175010)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Lamna appendiculata (189952)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Angola (Cabinda) Lamna appendiculata (242390)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Angola (Cabinda) Lamna appendiculata (242388)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Cretolamna appendiculata (15074)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Cretolamna appendiculata (15595)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Cretolamna appendiculata (277214)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Panama Cretolamna appendiculata (277585 277586)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Otodus appendiculatus (18587)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Cretolamna appendiculata (90354)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Otodus appendiculatus (55396)