Cretoxyrhina extenta
(Leidy, 1872)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Cretoxyrhinidae
Reference of the original description
On some remains of Cretaceous fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 24, 162–163
On some remains of Cretaceous fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 24, 162–163
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Cretoxyrhina mantelli extenta, Oxyrhina extenta
Cretoxyrhina mantelli extenta, Oxyrhina extenta
Types
Cretoxyrhina extenta
Cretoxyrhina extenta
Description:
Citation: Cretoxyrhina extenta (Leidy, 1872): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 02/2026
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=1656;
shark-references Species-ID=1656;
References
Late Cretaceous elasmobranchs from the Mississippi and East Texas embayments of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 419 p., 106 fig.
The Vertebrata of the Cretaceous formations of the West. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 2: 303 p., 67 pl.
Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous period found west of the Mississippi River. Sec. I. On the mutual relations of the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the West. Sec. II. List of species of Vertebrata from the Cretaceous formations. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1(2), 3–48

Late Cretaceous elasmobranchs from the Mississippi and East Texas embayments of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 419 p., 106 fig.
The Vertebrata of the Cretaceous formations of the West. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 2: 303 p., 67 pl.
Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous period found west of the Mississippi River. Sec. I. On the mutual relations of the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the West. Sec. II. List of species of Vertebrata from the Cretaceous formations. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1(2), 3–48








