Cretalamna appendiculata

Taxonavigation

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
Species: Cretalamna appendiculata

Name

Cretalamna appendiculata (Agassiz, 1843)

Lectotype: lateroposterior tooth, presumably from the upper jaw (repository currently unknown).

Type locality: Lewes area, East Sussex, southern England.

Type horizon: Cenomanian–early Coniacian, Late Cretaceous.

Synonyms

• Otodus appendiculatus Agassiz, 1843 /in part

References

• Agassiz, J.L.R. 1833–1844. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. 1420 pp. Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchâtel. Reference page. 
• 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.