Order LAMNIFORMES Berg, 1958
Family CRETOXYRHINIDAE Glückman, 1958
Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz, 1843)

Link to the Cenomano-Turonian.

© P. De Schutter - 2009
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Offaster pilula Zone, early Campanian,
Northern France
H=35mm
 
 
 
 

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