Cretorectolobus

Cretorectolobus is an extinct carpet shark. It was described by G.R. Case in 1978, and the type species is C. olsoni, which existed during the Campanian in Canada and the United States. Another species, C. gracilis, was described by Charlie J. Underwood and Mitchell in 1999, from the Hauterivian to Barremian strata of the Speeton Clay Formation of England. The species epithet refers to the shark's teeth, which Underwood and Mitchell described as gracile and narrow in form.[1] A new species, C. robustus, was described from the Cenomanian of Canada by Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.[2]

Cretorectolobus
Temporal range: Hauterivian-Maastrichtian
~129–66 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Order:
Orectolobiformes
Genus:
Cretorectolobus

Case, 1978

Species
  • C. olsoni Case, 1978
  • C. gracilis Underwood & Mitchell, 1999
  • C. robustus Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010

Fossil distribution

Fossils of Cretorectolobus have been found in:[3]

Hauterivian-Barremian
Albian
Cenomanian
  • Saskatchewan, Canada[2]
Campanian
Maastrichtian
  • Kemp Clay Formation, Texas
  • Bakla Hill, Ukraine
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References
  1. C.J. Underwood & Mitchell, 1999. Albian and Cenomanian selachian assemblages from north-east England. Special Papers in Palaeontology, 60, January 1999: 9-56.
  2. Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa (2010). "Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada". Palaeontology 53 (4): 903–944. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00969.x.
  3. Cretorectolobus at Fossilworks.org


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