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Cretalamna bryanti

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Cretalamna bryanti was named by Ebersole and Ehret (2018). Its type specimen is MSC 2984.1, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ADa-3 site, Harrell Station, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Cretalamna bryanti Ebersole and Ehret p. 11 figs. 1, 5-7

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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
speciesbryanti

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 bryanti Ebersole and Ehret 2018
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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 14:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Cretalamna bryanti (181177)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Cretalamna bryanti (80890 176940 192770 197315 197317 221563 276377 276379) Serratolamna serrata (25064 type locality: 197316 276378)