Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combination: Isurus benedeni
Belongs to Parotodus according to W. Landini et al. 2019
See also Fukata et al. 2014, GarcĂa et al. 2009, Kocsis 2007 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998
Sister taxon: Parotodus benedenii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Malta (1), the Netherlands (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Neogene of Madagascar (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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