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

Cenomanian & Turonian of Bettrechies (France)


Link to the Campanian.

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Early Turonian, Mytiloides labiatus Zone

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