Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to R. Vullo et al. 2007
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case 2001 and Shimada et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna
Subtaxa: Cenocarcharias rochbrunei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections), Spain (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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