Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias angustidens, Carcharocles angustidens, Carcharodon (Procarcharodon) angustidens, Carcharodon angustidens
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (5me livraison)
Belongs to Otodus (Carcharocles) according to M. Szabo et al. 2017
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1843, Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Cope 1868, Davis 1888, Gibbes 1847, Gottfried and Fordyce 2000, Hector 1894, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Miller et al. 2021, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Weiler 1938
Sister taxon: Carcharocles rectus
Subtaxa: Carcharias angustidens sokolowi
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection), United States (3: Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina)
• Oligocene of Australia (6), Ecuador (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), United States (5: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Japan (1), United States (4: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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