Cretoxyrhina extenta

(Leidy, 1872)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Cretoxyrhinidae

Reference of the original description
Leidy, J. (1872)
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

Types
Cretoxyrhina extenta



Description:


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Remarks
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References
Meyer, R.E. (1974)
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 Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 419 p., 106 fig.
Cope, E.D. (1875)
The Vertebrata of the Cretaceous formations of the West. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 2: 303 p., 67 pl.
Cope, E.D. (1874)
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
Leidy, J. (1872)
On some remains of Cretaceous fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 24, 162–163