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Cretoxyrhina is one of the largest Mesozoic sharks. It belongs to the modern neoselachian sharks. The length exceeds seven meters. Its jaws possessed more than 250 knife-like teeth, the length of which extends up to seven cm. Cretoxyrhina inhabited the Upper Cretaceous (98‒82 Ma) epicontinental seas of Europe and Northern America. Their prey were larger vertebrates, including marine reptiles. ## Keywords Mesozoic, Upper Cretaceous, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Cretoxyrhinidae
