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Cretomanta canadensis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Aquilolamnidae

Taxonomy
Cretomanta canadensis was named by Case et al. (1990). Its type specimen is RSM P496.13, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SMNH 63E04-001, Carrot River, which is in a Coniacian marine shale in the Niobrara Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Cretomanta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cretomanta canadensis Case et al. p. 1092 fig. 14
1999Cretomanta canadensis Cappetta and Case p. 43 figs. Pl 30, figs 2,3
2006Cretomanta canadensis Cumbaa et al. p. 147
2006Cretomanta canadensis Shimada et al. p. 20 figs. 11.7, 11.8
2008Cretomanta canadensis Shimada and Martin p. 95 fig. 7F
2010Cretomanta canadensis Underwood and Cumbaa p. 939 figs. 6I-U
2012Cretomanta canadensis Nagrodski et al. p. 80 fig. 3H
2016Cretomanta canadensis Bice and Shimada p. 183 fig. 6K

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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
familyAquilolamnidae
genusCretomanta
speciescanadensis

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.

Cretomanta canadensis Case et al. 1990
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Kansas) Cretomanta canadensis (213414 213416 213417 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Cretomanta canadensis (132505)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Nebraska) Cretomanta canadensis (213308)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Cretomanta canadensis (22731)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Cretomanta canadensis (35429 213403)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) Cretomanta canadensis (181902)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Cretomanta canadensis (213299 213304)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Cretomanta canadensis (213389)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Montana) Cretomanta canadensis (215792)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Cretomanta canadensis (213387)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Cretomanta canadensis (type locality: 23369)