Cretodus longiplicatus Werner 1989 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

Full reference: C. Werner. 1989. Die Elasmobranchier-Fauna des Gebel Dist Member der Bahariya Formation (Obercenoman) der Oase Bahariya, Ägypten. Palaeo Ichthyologica 5:1-112

Belongs to Cretodus according to C. J. Underwood et al. 2011

See also Werner 1989

Sister taxa: Cretodus crassidens, Cretodus houghtonorum, Cretodus semiplicatus

Type specimen: TUB-SFB69-Vb-415, a tooth. Its type locality is El Tibnia, Bahariya Oasis, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine siliciclastic in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), India (1), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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