Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Case 1978, Herman 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Carcharias, Carcharoides, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Sylvestrilamia, Tethylamna
Subtaxa: Hypotodus grandis Hypotodus verticalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (11), United States (2: Alabama), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Maryland, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of United States (22: Delaware, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, Wyoming)
Total: 39 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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