Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combination: Lamna obliqua
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Belongs to Otodus according to S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023
See also Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Chapman 1918, Clark 1895, Cope 1868, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Davis 1888, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Hector 1894, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Maisch et al. 2014, Otero et al. 2013, Rapp 1946 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Otodus (Otodus), Otodus apiculatus, Otodus chubutensis, Otodus isoelicus, Otodus lanceolatus, Otodus levis, Otodus macrotus, Otodus megalodon, Otodus recticonus, Otodus sokolovi, Otodus subplicatus, Otodus tricuspis, Otodus trigonatus
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (5: Alabama, Virginia)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Cenozoic of United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Kazakhstan (2), United States (6: Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 38 collections including 41 occurrences
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