Nov 29, 2024
Cardabiodon ricki
A robust, heavyset shark, Cardabiodon ricki (meaning 'Cardabia tooth of Rick') dominated antitropical seas of the Late Cretaceous. Reaching up to 18 ft (5.5 meters), C. ricki coexisted with predatory marine reptiles like pliosaur Brachauchenius, and other macropredatory sharks, like similarly large-bodied Cretoxyrhina and Cretodus, in the Western Interior Seaway.