''Cretorectolobus'' is an extinct

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 and the United States. 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 strata of the Speeton Clay Formation of England. 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 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. .

Species

* ''C. olsoni'' Case, 1978 * ''C. gracilis'' Underwood & Mitchell, 1999 * ''C. robustus'' Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010

Fossil distribution

Fossils of ''Cretorectolobus'' have been found in:''Cretorectolobus''
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.org ;Hauterivian-Barremian * Speeton Clay Formation, England ;Albian * Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah * Kolbay, Kazakhstan ;Cenomanian * Saskatchewan, Canada ;Campanian *

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 ...

, Mexico * Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta * Judith River Formation, Saskatchewan, Canada and Montana, United States *

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 * Åsen and Ignaberga, Sweden ;Maastrichtian *

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, Texas *

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, Ukraine

References

Orectolobiformes Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera Early Cretaceous first appearances Hauterivian life Barremian life Albian life Cenomanian life Campanian life Maastrichtian life Late Cretaceous genus extinctions Cretaceous fish of Europe Cretaceous fish of North America Fossils of Canada Paleontology in Alberta Paleontology in Saskatchewan Fossils of England Fossils of Kazakhstan Fossils of Sweden Fossils of Ukraine Fossils of the United States Paleontology in Montana Paleontology in Texas Paleontology in Utah Paleontology in Wyoming Fossil taxa described in 1978 {{cretaceous-fish-stub