carpet shark
Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes . Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets) is used interchangeably with "wobbegong", which is the common name o ...
. It was described by G.R. Case in 1978, and the type species is ''C. olsoni'', which existed during the Campanian in
Canada
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and the
United States
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. Another species, ''C. gracilis'', was described by Charlie J. Underwood and Mitchell in 1999, from the
Hauterivian
The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Va ...
to
Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded ...
strata of the
Speeton Clay Formation
The Speeton Clay Formation (SpC)Speeton Clay Formation - England
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. The species epithet refers to the shark's teeth, which Underwood and Mitchell described as gracile and narrow in form.C.J. Underwood & Mitchell, 1999. ''Albian and Cenomanian selachian assemblages from north-east England.'' Special Papers in Palaeontology, 60, January 1999: 9-56. A new species, ''C. robustus'', was described from the
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...
of
Canada
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by Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa (2010). "Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada". Palaeontology 53 (4): 903–944. .
Fossilworks
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Aguja Formation
The Aguja Formation is a geological formation in North America, exposed in Texas, United States and Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered f ...
Mesaverde Group
The Mesaverde Group is a Late Cretaceous stratigraphic group found in areas of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, in the Western United States.
History
The Mesaverde Formation was first described by W.H.Holmes in 1877 during the Hayden ...
, Wyoming
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Ã…sen
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Kemp Clay Formation Kemp may refer to:
Places
* Kemp, Illinois
* Kemp, Ohio
* Kemp, Oklahoma
* Kemp, Texas
* Kemp Land and Kemp Coast, Antarctica
* Kemp Town, a 19th-century estate in East Sussex, England
* Kemps Corner, place in India
People
* Kemp (surname)
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Bakla Hill
In the Philippines, a baklâ (), bayot ( Cebuano) or agî ( Hiligaynon) is a person who was assigned male at birth and has adopted a feminine gender expression. They are often considered a third gender. Many bakla are exclusively attracted to ...