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Chordata
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Lamniformes
Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina
Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
Cretoxyrhinidae
Genus:
Cretoxyrhina
Species:
Cretoxyrhina mantelli
Agassiz, 1843
Common Name: Mackerel Shark
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Geological Range
Cenomanian to Santonian
Paleogeographic Distribution
Texas to South Dakota
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Santonian
Niobrara Formation (CO)
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill) (KS)
Coniacian
Austin Chalk (TX)
Niobrara Formation (KS)
Niobrara Formation (Fort Hays Member) (KS)
Turonian
Carlile Shale (KS)
Carlile Shale (Blue Hill Shale Member) (KS)
Carlile Shale (SD)
Graneros Formation (KS)
Greenhorn Limestone (CO)
Greenhorn Limestone (Bridge Creek Member) (CO)
Greenhorn Limestone (KS)
Greenhorn Limestone (Lincoln Member) (KS)
Cenomanian
Greenhorn Limestone (KS)
Greenhorn Limestone (Lincoln Shale Member) (KS)
Lake Waco Formation (TX)
Mancos Shale (NM)
Unknown Stage
Mooreville Formation (MS)
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill Mbr) (KS)
Cretoxyrhina mantelli
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Kansas (YPM 030235).
Stratigraphic position unknown