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Cretoxyrhina

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae

Taxonomy

Cretoxyrhina was named by Glikman (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Sant Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cretoxyrhinidae by Cappetta and Case (1975), Case et al. (1990), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Siverson (1992), Biddle (1993), Siverson (1996), Shimada (1996), Shimada (1997), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Cappetta and Case (1999), Zalmout and Mustafa (2001), Cicimurri (2003), Siverson and Lindgren (2005), Shimada et al. (2006), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Shimada and Martin (2008), Cook et al. (2008), Bourdon et al. (2011), Siverson et al. (2013), Guinot et al. (2013), Cicimurri et al. (2014), Bice and Shimada (2016), Siversson and Machalski (2017), Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño (2018) and Amalfitano et al. (2020).

Species

C. denticulata, C. mantelli (syn. Oxyrhina extenta), C. petrocoriensis, C. vraconensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1958	Cretoxyrhina Glikman
1975	Cretoxyrhina Cappetta and Case p. 20
1990	Cretoxyrhina Case et al. p. 1087
1991	Cretoxyrhina Müller and Diedrich p. 31
1992	Cretoxyrhina Siverson p. 526
1993	Cretoxyrhina Biddle p. 205
1996	Cretoxyrhina Shimada p. 8
1996	Cretoxyrhina Siverson p. 819
1997	Cretoxyrhina Shimada p. 275
1999	Cretoxyrhina Cappetta and Case p. 22
1999	Cretoxyrhina Underwood and Mitchell
2001	Cretoxyrhina Zalmout and Mustafa pp. 393-394 figs. 7-9, plate 2
2002	Cretoxyrhina Sepkoski
2003	Cretoxyrhina Cicimurri p. 10 fig. N/A
2005	Cretoxyrhina Siverson and Lindgren p. 303
2006	Cretoxyrhina Shimada et al. p. 17
2007	Cretoxyrhina Cahuzac et al. p. 16
2008	Cretoxyrhina Cook et al. p. 1190
2008	Cretoxyrhina Shimada and Martin p. 93
2011	Cretoxyrhina Bourdon et al. p. 17
2013	Cretoxyrhina Guinot et al. p. 633
2013	Cretoxyrhina Siverson et al. p. 89
2014	Cretoxyrhina Cicimurri et al. p. 20 figs. 13A-B
2016	Cretoxyrhina Bice and Shimada p. 176
2017	Cretoxyrhina Siversson and Machalski p. 450
2018	Cretoxyrhina Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño p. 12
2020	Cretoxyrhina Amalfitano et al. p. 265

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Lamniformes	Berg 1958
family	Cretoxyrhinidae	Glückman 1958
genus	Cretoxyrhina	Glikman 1958

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.

G. †Cretoxyrhina Glikman 1958

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†Cretoxyrhina denticulata Glickman 1957

†Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835

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Invalid names: Oxyrhina extenta Leidy 1873 [synonym]

†Cretoxyrhina petrocoriensis Coquand 1859

†Cretoxyrhina vraconensis Zhelezko 2000

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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (75 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Poland	C. vraconensis (213375)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	USA (Texas)	C. vraconensis (215565)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Ukraine	C. vraconensis (214239 214241 214242)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian	105.3 - 93.9	Russian Federation (Belgorod)	C. sp. (32314)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	105.3 - 93.5	Kazakhstan	C. denticulata (175010)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Australia (Western Australia)	C. mantelli (215794)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany (Westphalia)	C. mantelli (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	United Kingdom (England)	C. denticulata (213567) C. mantelli (213356)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Italy	C. mantelli (214600)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Colorado)	C. mantelli (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Italy (Vicenza)	C. mantelli (214715)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Venezuela	C. mantelli (213628)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (213414 213415 213416 213417 213418 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Sweden	Isurus mantelli (70427)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Australia (Western Australia)	C. mantelli (215561)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (94538 106008)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Colorado)	C. mantelli (35429 213403)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Canada (Alberta)	C. mantelli (213314)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	United Kingdom (England)	C. denticulata (213569 213570)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	USA (Nebraska)	C. mantelli (213401)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Canada (Saskatchewan)	C. denticulata (22731) C. mantelli (52997)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian	99.6 - 89.8	Kazakhstan	C. sp. (210282)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (South Dakota)	C. mantelli (181902)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Texas)	C. mantelli (213300 213305)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (102879)
Turonian - Coniacian	93.9 - 86.3	USA (Texas)	Oxyrhina extenta (107425)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (Nebraska)	C. mantelli (213388 213402)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Brazil (Sergipe)	C. sp. (143064)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (213384 213385 213386 213404)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Canada (Alberta)	C. mantelli (136242 213294)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (Iowa)	C. mantelli (213400)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (Montana)	C. mantelli (215792)
Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (213387 213390)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	Canada (Saskatchewan)	C. mantelli (23369)
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	France (Charente)	C. mantelli (161749)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	USA (Colorado)	C. mantelli (227704)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.3 - 85.8	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (213547 213548 213551 213555)
Late/Upper Coniacian	89.3 - 85.8	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (118156)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (94652)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Russian Federation (Orenburg)	C. mantelli (232890)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	USA (Alabama)	Isurus mantelli (81928)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	USA (New Mexico)	C. mantelli (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Jordan	C. mantelli (62538)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	France (Aude)	C. mantelli (233200)
Middle Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	USA (Kansas)	C. mantelli (49045)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian	85.8 - 70.6	USA (Alabama)	Isurus mantelli (82043)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	85.8 - 66.0	Jordan (Mafraq)	C. mantelli (230055)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Congo-Brazzaville	Oxyrhina mantelli (191894)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (New Jersey)	C. mantelli (213749)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Skane)	C. mantelli (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Skåne)	C. mantelli (74335)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden	C. mantelli (102883 214340)