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'''''Cretoxyrhina mantelli''''', the "[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]] of the [[Cretaceous]]", was a [[shark]] that lived in the [[Cretaceous]] period in the in the [[Western_Interior_Seaway|Western Interior Sea]], about 100 million years ago. ''C. mantelli'' grew up to 24 feet (7 meters) long, and is known from several nearly complete skeletal [[fossil]]s. Its name means "Mantell's [[chalk]]-sharp-nose". |
'''''Cretoxyrhina mantelli''''', the "[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]] of the [[Cretaceous]]", was a [[shark]] that lived in the [[Cretaceous]] period in the in the [[Western_Interior_Seaway|Western Interior Sea]], about 100 million years ago. ''C. mantelli'' grew up to 24 feet (7 meters) long, and is known from several nearly complete skeletal [[fossil]]s. Its name means "Mantell's [[chalk]]-sharp-nose". |
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| Cretoxyrhina mantelli Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Cretoxyrhina mantelli, the "Jaws of the Cretaceous", was a shark that lived in the Cretaceous period in the in the Western Interior Sea, about 100 million years ago. C. mantelli grew up to 24 feet (7 meters) long, and is known from several nearly complete skeletal fossils. Its name means "Mantell's chalk-sharp-nose".
The teeth of C. mantelli were 5 cm long, curved, and smooth-edged, with a thick enamel coating.
C. mantelli became extinct 90 million years ago. A majority of the remains have been found in Kansas.
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