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Odontaspidoidea

Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida

Taxonomy
Odontaspidoidea is a superfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Odontaspidida by Herman (1977) and Adegoke (1977); and to Lamniformes by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Odontaspidoidea Adegoke p. 299
1977Odontaspidoidea Herman p. 165
2003Odontaspidoidea Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassOsteodonti
superorderLamnae
orderOdontaspidida
superfamilyOdontaspidoidea
superfamilyOdontaspidoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Fm. †Jaekelotodontidae Glükman 1964
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G. †Anotodus Le Hon 1871
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Anotodus agassizii Le Hon 1871
Invalid names: Carcharodontidae Gill 1892 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:06:40
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:06:40
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Anotodus agassizii (100330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Anotodus agassizii (167732)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Touraine) Anotodus retroflexus (161611)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Loupian) Anotodus retroflexus (161623)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) Anotodus retroflexus (161524 161525 161533)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Anotodus sp. (200110)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Anotodus retroflexus (162679)