Cardabiodon

Cardabiodon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Cardabiodontidae
Genus: Cardabiodon
Siverson, 1999

Cardabiodon is an extinct genus of lamniform shark, which existed in Australia, Canada, and Europe during the Cretaceous period.[1] It was first named by Michael Siverson in 1999,[2] and contains the species Cardabiodon ricki. Cardabiodon ricki first occurred in the late Cenomanian of Alberta, Canada, and is hypothesized in published literature to have a antitropical distribution. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Todd D. Cook, Mark V. H. Wilson & Michael G. Newbrey (2010). "The first record of the large Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cardabiodon ricki, from North America and a new empirical test for its presumed antitropical distribution". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 643–649. doi:10.1080/02724631003758052.
  2. Michael Siverson & Johan Lindren (2005). "Late Cretaceous sharks Cretoxyrhina and Cardabiodon from Montana, USA" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (2): 301–314.


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