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English: Fig. 7. Centra of Cretoxyrhina spp. A, B. Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz, 1843), late Coniacian–middle Santonian, Smoky Hill Chalk, Niobrara Chalk,
Gove County, Kansas, USA. A. FHSM VP-323. B. FHSM VP-2187, articulated centra from various positions in the vertebral column; v1–14 (B1), v1 =occipital centrum, order corresponds to Fig. 6; v62–66 (B2); v67–75 (B3); v86–93 (B4); v94–104 (B5); v129–139 (B6); v183–193 (B7); v194–208 (B8); v209–227 (B9). C. Centrum in transverse section through about inner margin of the corpus calcareum of Cretoxyrhina mantelli, NHMUK OR.25939, White Chalk Formation (?), near Sussex, UK; arrows indicate articular foramina for neural and ribs or haemal arches (see also Woodward 1912: pl. 43: 14).
D. Centrum of Cretoxyrhina sp. (probably Cretoxyrhina agassizensis), DMNH 746C, Eagle Ford Group, Cenomanian, Tarrent County, Texas, USA; view of
face (D1) showing focus and 15 bands (black arrows) after the birth ring; tracing of left lateral view of centrum (D2). E. Centra of Cretoxyrhina sp. (probably Cretoxyrhina agassizensis), NHMUK OR.49015, Cenomanian–Turonian, near Kent (?), UK.
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