Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Parent taxon: Lamnidae according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Glikman 1964, Goedert et al. 2024, Herman 1977 and Popov et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Alopecias, Carcharodon, Carcharoides, Carcharomodus, Cosmopolitodus, Exoles, Isurolamna, Isurus, Lamna, Lethenia, Oxyprinichthys, Plectrostoma, Rhizoquadrangulus, Selanonius, Uyenoa
Subtaxa: Macrorhizodus americanus Macrorhizodus falcata Macrorhizodus nolfi Macrorhizodus praecursor
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Eocene of Antarctica (4), Argentina (3), Chile (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (22), Iran (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (5), the Russian Federation (3), Senegal (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (10: Alabama, Washington), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (3)
Total: 59 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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