Dwardius Siverson 1999 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cardabiodontidae

Full reference: M. Siverson. 1999. A new large lamniform shark from the uppermost Gearle Siltstone (Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous) of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 90:49-66

Parent taxon: Cardabiodontidae according to M. Siversson and M. Machalski 2017

See also Guinot et al. 2013, Siverson 1999 and Underwood et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Cardabiodon

Subtaxa: Dwardius sudindicus Dwardius woodwardi

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Type: Cretolamna woodwardi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), India (1), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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