[Last updated 3 Feb 2024]

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes, Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Lamniformes
(regular sharks)

Cretaceous period: (click for Pennsylvanian-Permian Period)
Cretalamna appendiculata

Strata: Kiamichi (upper)
Period: Cretaceous (102-103 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  April 2, 2011.
Cretalamna appendiculata

Strata: Fort Worth
Period: Cretaceous (c. 99 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Aug. 18, 2007.
Cretalamna appendiculata

Strata: Grayson
Period: Cretaceous (c. 95-96 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Dec. 8, 2007.
Cretalamna appendiculata

Strata: Grayson
Period: Cretaceous (c. 95-96 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  April 28, 2013


Leptostyrax macrorhiza

Strata: Kiamichi (upper)
Period: Cretaceous (102-103 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  April 2, 2011.
Leptostyrax macrorhiza
 
Strata: Pawpaw
Period: Cretaceous (c. 98 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Dec. 10, 2006.
Leptostyrax macrorhiza
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Strata: Pawpaw
Period: Cretaceous (c. 98 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  May 5, 2012.
Leptostyrax macrorhiza

Strata: Weno
Period: Cretaceous (c. 98 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Aug. 15, 2009.


Squalicorax falcatus  

Strata: Austin (Atco)
Period: Cretaceous 
Collin Co., TX.  July 3, 2010.
Squalicorax pristodontus

Strata: Ozan?
Age: Cret. (Campanian 83-72 mya)
Location: NE Texas by Tera S. 
Squalicorax curvatus?

Strata: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  May 2010.
Squalicorax shark teeth

Strata: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 94 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  2005-2006.


Cretoxyrhina mantelli

Strata: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 90-94 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  2005-2006.


Cretodus crassidens

Strata: Eagle Ford - Austin (Atco)
Period: Cretaceous
Ellis Co., TX.  7 Mar 2009.
[Found by W Knight]
Cretodus crassidens

Strata: Eagle Ford - Austin
Period: Cretaceous
Ellis Co., TX.  28 Oct 2012.
[Found by Bobby]
Cretodus sp.
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Strata: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 92 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  May 1, 2010.
 


Protolamna sp.

Strata: Pawpaw
Period: Cretaceous (c. 98 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Nov. 2013.
Protolamna sp.

Strata: Pawpaw
Period: Cretaceous (c. 98 mya)
Tarrant co., Tx . Sep. 13, 2014.


Paraisurus sp.

Strata: Kiamichi
Period: Cretaceous (c. 102-103 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  June 25, 2011.
[Roz M]


Shark centrums (vertebrae) :

Strata: Eagle Ford-Austin (Atco)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 91 mya)
Collin Co., TX.  July 3, 2010.

Strata: Fort Worth
Period: Cretaceous (c. 99 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Aug. 18, 2007.

Strata: Weno
Period: Cretaceous (c. 98 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Aug. 15, 2009.
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Strata: Duck Creek / Fort Worth
Period: Cretaceous (c. 100 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Sept. 17, 2010.
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Strata: Duck Creek / Fort Worth
Period: Cretaceous (c. 100 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Sept. 17, 2010.
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Strata: Duck Creek / Fort Worth
Period: Cretaceous (c. 100 mya)
Tarrant Co., TX.  Sept. 17, 2010.

Strata:
Period: Cretaceous
North Texas by Sterling Z.
   


Order: Hybodontoidae
(Hybodont sharks) teeth

Ptychodus latissimus?

Strata: Eagle Ford-Austin (Atco)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 91 mya)
Midlothian, Tx.  Oct. 30, 2010.
Ptychodus latissimus?

Strata: Eagle Ford-Austin (Atco)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 91 mya)
Midlothian, Tx.  Oct. 6, 2007.
Ptychodus marginalis

Strata: Eagle Ford Grp (Kamp Ranch Ls)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 92 mya)
Dallas Co., TX.  April 13, 2008.
Ptychodus marginalis

Strata: Eagle Ford Grp (Kamp Ranch Ls.)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 92 mya)
Dallas Co., TX.  Sep. 25, 2011.
Ptychodus marginalis

Strata: Eagle Ford Grp (Kamp Ranch Ls.)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 92 mya)
Collin Co., TX.  4 June 2023.
Ptychodus marginalis

Strata: Eagle Ford Grp (Arcadia Park)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 92 mya)
Dallas Co., TX.  17 March 2019.
Ptychodus tooth set (reproduction)

Courtesy Roger F.
Ptychodus tooth set (reconstruction)

Courtesy Shawn H.
Ptychodus tooth set (reconstruction)

Courtesy Shawn H.
Ptychodus whipplei teeth

Strata: Eagle Ford-Austin (Atco)
Period: Cretaceous (c. 91? mya)
Midlothian, Tx.  Oct. 6, 2007.
Ptychodus sp. shark teeth
 
Strata: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 90-94 mya)
Tarrant co., Tx.
Ptychodus sp. shark teeth
 
Strata: Eagle Ford
Period: Cretaceous (c. 90-94 mya)
Tarrant co., Tx.
Paraptychodus washitaensis

Strata: Duck Creek
Period: Cretaceous (c. 102 mya)
Loc: Tarrant Co., TX.  May 31, 2009.
unknown tooth

Strata: Eagle Ford Group [near Kamp Ranch Ls.]
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Denton Co., TX.  29 April 2017.
Ptychodus sp.

Strata: Eagle Ford Group [near Kamp Ranch Ls.]
Period: Cretaceous
Loc: Denton Co., TX.  29 April 2017.
 
Ptychodus mortoni

Strata: Austin Group
Age: Cretaceous
Location: North Texas by Tera S.
Ptychodus mortoni

Strata: Austin Group
Age: Cretaceous
Location: North Texas by Tera S.


Hybodus sp. (Polyacrodus)
 
Strata: Kiamichi Formation
Period: Cretaceous (c. 102-103 mya)
Loc: Tarrant Co., TX.  June 26, 2014.