Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to J. K. Juranek and K. Shimada 2025
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case 2001, Shimada et al. 2006 and Vullo et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna, Turania
Subtaxa: Cenocarcharias rochbrunei Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (9 collections), Spain (1), United States (21: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences
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