Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Full reference: L. S. Glükman. 1964. Class Chondrichthyes, cartilaginous fishes. Subclass Elasmobranchii (sharks). In D. V. Obruchev (ed.), Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. XI. Agnatha, Pisces. Izdatel'stvo "Nauka", Moscow 292-352
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to H. Cappetta and D. Nolf 2005
See also Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Glükman 1964, Herman 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna
Subtaxa: Palaeohypotodus rutoti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Chile (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Alabama, Virginia, Washington)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1), United States (2: Arkansas, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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