Otodus levis Gibbes 1847 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1847. Description of new species of squalides from the Tertiary Beds of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 3:266-268

Belongs to Otodus according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Gibbes 1847, Gibbes 1847 and Hay 1902

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Otodus levis in the database

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