Fig. 8 in Vertebral morphology, dentition, age, growth, and ecology of the large lamniform shark Cardabiodon ricki

Fig. 8. Five posterior precaudal(?) centra of Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz, 1843, late Coniacian–early Santonian, Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk, Kansas, USA. A–C. Centra, FHSM VP-2184a (A), FHSM VP-2184b (B), and FHSM VP-2184c (C), in anterior or posterior (A 1 –C 1), left lateral (A 2 –C 2), dorsal (A 3 –C 3), and ventral (A 4 –C 4) views. D. Centrum, FHSM VP-2184d, in transverse section showing radial lamellae and dorsal and ventral articular foramina; in anterior and posterior (D , D ) views. E. Centrum, FHSM VP-2184e, in hemisected view showing 12 bands (arrows).