Cretalamna hattini

Taxonavigation: Lamniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Lamniformes

Familia: †Otodontidae
Genus: †Cretalamna

Name

†Cretalamna hattini Siversson et al., 2015

• Holotype: LACM 128126; partial skeleton comprising the palatoquadrates, Meckel’s cartilages, 35 vertebrae and about 120, mostly disarticulated, teeth.

Type locality: Logan County, Kansas.

Type horizon: Close to Hattin’s (1982) Marker Unit 16, latest Santonian or earliest Campanian, Late Cretaceous.

Etymology: Named in honour of Donald E. Hattin, for his work on the stratigraphy of the Niobrara Formation, western Kansas.

References

• Siversson, M., Lindgren, J., Newbrey, M.G., Cederström, P. & Cook, T.D. 2015. Cenomanian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(2): 339–384. DOI: 10.4202/app.2012.0137 [Full article (PDF). Reference page.