†Paranomotodon Herman 1975 (thresher shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Parent taxon: Alopiidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
See also Cappetta and Case 1975, Herman 1979, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Niedźwiedzki and Kalina 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Shimada 1996 and Siverson 1992
Sister taxa: Alopias, Vulpecula
Subtaxa: Paranomotodon angustidens Paranomotodon toddi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Germany (2), Israel (1), Japan (1), Spain (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (3), United States (20: Delaware, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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