Otodus apiculatus Agassiz 1838 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Alternative combinations: Lamna apiculata, Otodus apiculatis

Synonyms: Oxyrhina enysii Davis 1888, Oxyrhina subvexa Davis 1888

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Otodus according to L. Agassiz 1838

See also Agassiz 1843, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Davis 1888, Gibbes 1847 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Otodus (Otodus), Otodus chubutensis, Otodus isoelicus, Otodus lanceolatus, Otodus levis, Otodus macrotus, Otodus megalodon, Otodus obliquus, Otodus recticonus, Otodus sokolovi, Otodus subplicatus, Otodus tricuspis, Otodus trigonatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (5 collections), New Zealand (1), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (4)

• Eocene of Australia (2)

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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