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Chordata
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Lamniformes
Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretolamna
Cretolamna appendiculata
Cretolamna appendiculata
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
Cretoxyrhinidae
Genus:
Cretolamna
Species:
Cretolamna appendiculata
Agassiz 1843
Common Name: Mackerel Shark
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Geological Range
Albian to Maastrichtian
Paleogeographic Distribution
Texas to South Dakota; North Carolina, New Jersey
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Maastrichtian
Escondido Formation (TX)
Mount Laurel Formation (NJ)
Campanian
Eutaw Formation (MS)
Coniacian
Austin Chalk (TX)
Eagle Ford (TX)
Niobrara Formation (KS)
Niobrara Formation (Fort Hays Member) (KS)
Turonian
Carlile Shale (KS)
Carlile Shale (Blue Hill Shale Member) (KS)
Carlile Shale (Fairport Member) (KS)
Carlile Shale (SD)
Graneros Formation (KS)
Cenomanian
Greenhorn Limestone (CO)
Greenhorn Limestone (Lincoln Mbr) (CO)
Lake Waco Formation (TX)
Pepper Shale (TX)
Pepper Shale (
Forbesiceras brundrettei
zone) (TX)
Albian
Taylor Formation (TX)
Unknown Stage
Eutaw Formation (Tombigbee Sand Member) (AL)
Graneros Shale (KS)
Mooreville Formation (AL)
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill Mbr) (KS)
Peedee Formation (NC)
Cretolamna appendiculata
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Kansas (YPM 059046).
Stratigraphic position unknown