Cardabiodon ricki

Time: 89.8–100.5 million years ago
Period: Unknown
Known sites: 4

Teeth of Cardabiodon venator from the Fairport Member of the Carlile Shale in Mobsy, Montana — Siverson and Lindgren (2005 — CC-BY-SA-4.0 — File:Teeth_of_Cardabiodon_venator_from_the_Fairport_Member_of_the_Carlile_Shale_in_Mobsy,_Montana.png

Summary

Cardabiodon is an extinct genus of large mackerel shark that lived about 95 to 91 million years ago (Ma) during the Cenomanian to Turonian of the Late Cretaceous. It is a member of the Cardabiodontidae, a family unique among mackerel sharks due to differing dental structures, and contains the two species C. ricki and C. venator. Cardabiodon fossils have been found in Australia, North America, England, and Kazakhstan. It was likely an antitropical shark that inhabited temperate neritic and offshore oceans between 40° and 60° paleolatitude, similar to the modern porbeagle shark.

Source: Wikipedia - Cardabiodon

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