†family Otodontidae (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022

See also Antunes and Balbino 2003, Boessenecker 2016, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977, Kent 2018, Nelson et al. 2016, Shimada et al. 2024 and Szabo et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Isurolamna, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Odontaspididae, Orthodon, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Serratolamnidae

Subtaxa: Carcharocles Cretolamna Kenolamna Megalolamna Megaselachus Otodus Palaeocarcharodon Parotodus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: South Carolina collection)

• Blancan of Mexico (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand (1)

• Pliocene of Angola (1), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Argentina (1), Australia (3), Ecuador (2), Italy (8), Japan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), Portugal (1), South Africa (2), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: California, Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)

• MN 13 of Portugal (1)

• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Chile (2), Cuba (1), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Portugal (1), United States (4: California, Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Neogene of Barbados (1), Fiji (1), French Polynesia (2), Madagascar (1), Nigeria (1), South Pacific (1), United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (4), Australia (9), Austria (9), Belgium (2), Brunei Darussalam (2), Chile (2), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (1), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (11), Germany (3), Greece (1), Grenada (1), Hungary (1), India (3), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Japan (29), Madagascar (1), Malta (5), Mexico (7), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (6), Oman (1), Panama (21), Peru (16), Poland (2), Portugal (6), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (2), Slovakia (3), South Africa (2), Spain (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkey (1), United States (57: California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (7)

• Oligocene of Australia (9), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (3), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (1), United States (9: California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (3), Barbados (1), Egypt (16), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (30), United States (24: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)

• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Maryland)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (21: Alabama, California, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Cenozoic of United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Australia (7), Brazil (3), Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (4), France (12), Germany (6), India (1), Israel (5), Italy (1), Japan (13), Jordan (8), Kazakhstan (2), Lithuania (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (6), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), Spain (6), Sweden (9), Syria (6), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (91: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas), Venezuela (1)

Total: 670 collections including 776 occurrences

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