THE FIRST RECORD OF THE ORECTOLOBIFORM SHARK GENUS <em>CEDERSTROEMIA</em> (ELASMOBRANCHII, ORECTOLOBIDAE) IN ASIA (KASHIMA FORMATION, UPPER CRETACEOUS; OYUBARI AREA, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN)

MASAHIKO KANEKO; SERGEY V. SOLONIN

doi:10.54103/2039-4942/22195

Authors

MASAHIKO KANEKO Ikueikan Preparatory School
SERGEY V. SOLONIN Ryazan State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-679X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/22195

Abstract

We described fossil teeth assigned to the orectolobiform shark genus, Cederstroemia collected from the tuffaceous sandstone of the Kashima Formation (Santonian) in the Oyubari area, Hokkaido, Japan. This is the first report of fossil remains of Cederstroemia from Asia. Due to the small number of specimens and their poor preservation, we left the studied material in open nomenclature as Cederstroemia sp. At the same time, the studied material may belong to a new previously undescribed morphology of Cederstroemia. The occurrence of Cederstroemia fossils in Japan indicates that this genus dispersed to the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean in the Late Cretaceous, which considerably extends the range and previously known habitat of this genus.

References

Amadori M., Solonin S.V., Vodorezov A.V., Shell, R. Niedźwiedzki R. & Kriwet J. (2022) - The Extinct Shark, Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of Central-Western Russia—The Road to Easternmost Peri-Tethyan Seas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42 (2): e2162909. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2022.2162909

Biddle J.P. (1993) - Les Elasmobranches de l´Albien inférieur et moyen (Crétacé inférieur) de la Marne et de la Haute-Marne (France). Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie, 264: 191-240.

Bourdon J., Wright K., Lucas S.G., Spielmann J.A. & Pence R. (2011) - Selachians from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Hosta Tongue of the Point Lookout Sandstone, central New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 52: 1-52.

Byrum S. & Lieberman B. (2021) - Phylogeny and biogeography of some Cretaceous spatangoid echinoids with special emphasis on taxa from the Western Interior Seaway. Journal of Paleontology, 95(3): 613-623. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.102.

Cappetta H. (1987) - Chondrichthyes II: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii. In: Schultze H.-P. (Ed.) - Handbook of Paleoichthyology, v. 3B: 1-193. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.

Cappetta H. (2012) - Chondrichthyes. Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii: teeth. In: Schultze H.-P. (Ed.) - Handbook of Paleoichthyology, vol. 3E. Friedrich Pfeil, München, 512 pp.

Case G.R. (1978) - A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 160(1-6): 176-205.

Cavin L. (2008) - Palaeobiogeography of Cretaceous Bony Fishes (Actinistia, Dipnoi and Actinopterygii). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 295(1): 165-183. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP295.11

Ebersole J.A., Solonin S.V., Cicimurri D.J., Arkhangelsky M.S., & Martynovich N.V. (2022) - Marine Fishes (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali, Actinopterygii) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Rybushka Formation near Beloe Ozero, Saratov Oblast, Russia. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 128(2): 369-409. https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/16954

Goto M. (1994) - On the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fish remains from the Japanese Islands. Monograph - Association for the Geological Collaboration in Japan, 43: 1-16.

Goto M., Uyeno T. & Yabumoto Y. (1996) - Summary of Mesozoic elasmobranch remains from Japan. In: Arratia G. & Viohl G. (Eds.) - Mesozoic fishes - Systematics and paleoecology: 73-82. Friedrich Pfeil, München.

Guinot G., Underwood C.J., Cappetta H. & Ward D.J. (2012) - Squatiniformes (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of southern England and northern France with redescription of the holotype of Squatina cranei Woodward, 1888. Palaeontology, 55(3): 529-551.

Guinot G., Underwood C.J., Cappetta H. & Ward D.J. (2013) - Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 11(6): 589-671.

Herman J. (1977) - Les Sélaciens des terrains Néocrétacés et Paléocènes de Belgique et des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d’une biostratigraphie intercontinentale. Mémoires pour servir à l’explication des Cartes géologiques et minières de la Belgique, 15: 1-401.

Hoganson J.W., Erickson M. & Holland F.D. (2019) - Chondrichthyan and Osteichthyan Paleofaunas from the Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) Fox Hills Formation of North Dakota, USA: Paleoecology, Paleogeography, and Extinction. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 398: 1-94.

Jambura P.L., Solonin S.V., Cooper S.L.A., Mychko E.V., Arkhangelsky M.S., Türtscher J., Amadori M., Stumpf S., Vodorezov A.V. & Kriwet J. (2024) - Fossil marine vertebrates (Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Reptilia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Akkermanovka (Orenburg Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia). Cretaceous Research, 155: 105779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105779

Kaneko M. (2024) - The first record of fossil shark teeth of Order Synechodontiformes in Northwest Pacific region from the Upper Cretaceous of Kashima Formation (Santonian), Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Fossil Research, 56(1)2: 18-29.

Kaneko M. & Fujimoto T. (2022) - The first record of fossil shark teeth of Order Heterodontiformes in Northwest Pacific region from Upper Cretaceous of Kashima Formation (Santonian), Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Fossil Research, 54(2): 21-30.

Kaneko M., Fujimoto T. & Kano M. (2012) - The first record of Bramble shark Echinorhinus sp. in the Northwest Pacific region from the Upper Cretaceous Kashima Formation (Santonian), Hokkaido, Japan. Bulletin of the Mikasa City Museum, 16: 1-8.

Kaneko M., Fujimoto T. & Kano M. (2015) - The first record of fossil shark teeth of Order Carcharhiniformes (Scyliorhinidae and Triakidae) in Northwest Pacific region from the Upper Cretaceous Kashima Formation (Santonian), Hokkaido, Japan. Bulletin of the Mikasa City Museum, 18: 27-49.

Kaneko M., Fujimoto T. & Kano M. (2019) - Fossil shark teeth of Order Lamniformes from the Upper Cretaceous Kashima Formation (Santonian), Hokkaido, north Japan., Bulletin of the Mikasa City Museum, 22: 1-43.

Kanno S., Nakajima Y., Hikida Y. & Sato T. (2017) - Sphenodus (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Upper Cretaceous in Nakagawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan. Paleontological Research, 21(2): 122-130. https://doi.org/10.2517/2016PR009

Kanno S., Tokumaru S., Nakagaki S., Nakajima Y., Misaki A., Hikida Y. & Sato T. (2022) - Santonian-Campanian neoselachian faunas of the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group in Nakagawa Town, Hokkaido, Japan. Cretaceous Research, 133: 105139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105139

Kitamura N. (2013a) - Description of a new species of the family Echinorhinidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Paleontological Research, 17(2): 189-195.

Kitamura N. (2013b) - “Carcharias” amonensis (Chondrichthyes, Odontaspididae) from the Upper Cretaceous Mifune Group in Kumamoto, Japan. Paleontological Research, 17 (3): 230-235.

Kitamura N. (2019) - Features and paleoecological significance of the shark fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Hinoshima Formation, Himenoura Group, southwest Japan. Paleontological Research, 23(2): 110-130.

Landemaine O. (1991) - Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé supérieur du sud-ouest de la France. Quelques apports à la systématique des élasmobranches. Société Amicale des Géologues Amateurs, 1: 1-45.

Matsui K. & Karasawa T. (2020) - 3D models related to the publication: Interacting with the inaccessible: utilization of multimedia-based visual contents of Japan’s National Monument, the Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis (Mosasauridae) holotype for educational workshops at Mikasa City Museum. MorphoMuseuM, 6: e106. https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.106.

Motoyama I., Fujiwara O., Kaiho K. & Murota T. (1991) - Lithostratigraphy and calcareous microfossil biochronology of the Cretaceous strata in the Oyubari area, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal Geological Society Japan, 97: 507-527.

Nishimoto H. & Morozumi Y. (1979) - Late Cretaceous elasmobranchs from the Izumi Mountains, southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 6: 133-140.

Reuss A.E. (1846) - Die Versteinerungen der böhmischen Kreideformation. Mit Abbildungen der neuen oder weniger bekannten Arten. Abtheilung 2; Stuttgart (Schweizerbart), 148 pp.

Siversson M. (1995) - Revision of Cretorectolobus (Neoselachii) and description of Cederstroemia n. gen., a Cretaceous carpet shark (Orectolobiformes) with a cutting dentition. Journal of Paleontology, 69(5): 974-979.

Siversson M., Cook T.D., Cederström P. & Ryan H.E. (2016) - Early Campanian (Late Cretaceous) squatiniform and synechodontiform selachians from the Åsen locality, Kristianstad Basin, Sweden. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 434: 251-275. https://doi.org/ 10.1144/SP434.9.

Sokolskyi T. & Guinot G. (2021) - Elasmobranch (Chondrichthyes) assemblages from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Ukraine. Cretaceous Research, 117: 104603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104603

Solonin S.V., Koroy V.V. & Portnyagin D.V. (2023) - Fossil sharks from Albian and Cenomanian deposits of the Kursk Oblast (Russia). Innovative Scientific Research, 30(6-1): 57-75. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8052775

Solonin S., Shell R., Vodorezov A. & Niedźwiedzki R. (2020) - Preliminary report of an Upper Cretaceous elasmobranch fauna from Ryazan Oblast, Russia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 52, 6 pp. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25182.46404

Solonin S.V., Vodorezov A.V. & Kea B.P. (2021) - Late Cretaceous marine reptiles from Malyy Prolom in Ryazan Oblast, Central Russia. Cretaceous Research, 127: 104946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104946

Sørensen A.M., Surlyk F. & Lindgren J. (2013) - Food resources and habitat selection of a diverse vertebrate fauna from the upper lower Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research, 42: 85-92.

Takashima R., Kawabe F., Nishi H., Moriya K., Wani R. & Aodo H. (2004) - Geology and stratigraphy of forearc basin sediments in Hokkaido, Japan: Cretaceous environmental events on the north-west pacific margin. Cretaceous Research, 25: 365-390.

Takashima R., Sano S. & Hayashi K. (2018) - Mid-Cretaceous climatic warmings and environmental changes recorded in the lower and middle part of the Yezo Group, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Journal Geological Society Japan, 124 (6): 381-398.

Tanaka T., Kobayashi Y., Kurihara K., Fiorillo A.R. & Kano M. (2017) - The oldest Asian hesperornithiform from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan, and the phylogenetic reassessment of Hesperornithiformes, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 16(8), 689-709. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1341960

Toshimitsu S., Matsumoto T., Noda M., Nishida T. & Maiya S. (1995) - Towards an integrated mega-, micro- and magneto-stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous in Japan. Journal Geological Society Japan, 101: 19-29.

Tomita T. & Kurihara K. (2011) - First record of a large Lamniform shark Cretodus semiplicatus in the Pacific region, from the Mikasa Formation (Lower Cenomanian), Hokkaido, Japan. Paleontological Research, 15: 181-184.

Uyeno T. & Matsui N. (1993) - Late Cretaceous Fish Fossils from Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum Tokyo, 26: 39-46.

Uyeno T. & Suzuki C. (1995) - Squalicorax and some other shark teeth from an Upper Cretaceous bed in Iwaki City, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum Tokyo, 28: 59-64.

Wroblewski A.F.J. (2004) - New Selachian Paleofaunas from ‘’Fluvial’’ Deposits of the Ferris and Lower Hanna Formations (Maastrichtian-Selandian: 66-58 Ma). Southern Wyoming. Palaios, 19(3): 249-258.

Yabe H. & Goto M. (1999) - Terms related to elasmobranch teeth. Journal of Fossil Research, 32: 14-20.

Yabe H. (1902) - Notes on some shark’s teeth from the Mesozoic formation of Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan, 9: 399-404.

Yabe H. & Obata T. (1930) - On some fossil fishes from the Cretaceous of Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography, 3: 1-7.

Yabumoto Y. & Uyeno T. (1994) - Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. Island Arc, 3(4): 255-269.

Yamada T. (2009) - Structurally preserved Zamites bayeri Kvaček from the Coniacian Kashima Formation (Yezo Group) of Hokkaido, Japan. Cretaceous Research, 30: 1301-1306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2009.07.007