Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combination: Lamna incurva
Full reference: J. W. Davis. 1888. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4:1-48
Belongs to Odontaspis according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924
See also Chapman 1918, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Davis 1888 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia, Odontaspis actutissima, Odontaspis aculeatus, Odontaspis attenuata, Odontaspis bicarinatus, Odontaspis bronni, Odontaspis ensiculata, Odontaspis exigua, Odontaspis exilis, Odontaspis ferox, Odontaspis heersensis, Odontaspis molassica, Odontaspis sanguinei, Odontaspis substriata, Odontaspis watinensis, Odontaspis winkleri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (4 collections), New Zealand (2)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (3)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Dannevirke of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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