Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias macrotus, Lamna macrota, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) macrota, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) macrotus, Otodus macrotus
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Belongs to Odontaspis according to P. Edwards 1976
See also Adnet 2006, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Bauzá and Gómez Pallerola 1988, Bohm 1926, Bor 1985, Cantalice et al. 2019, Cappetta and Case 2016, Cappetta and Nolf 1981, Carlsen and Cuny 2014, Case et al. 2015, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Cuny and Risnes 2005, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, De Schutter and Steurbaut 2025, Dutheil and Merle 1992, Ebersole et al. 2019, Gibbes 1847, Goedert et al. 2024, Hay 1902, Kriwet et al. 2016, Leriche 1942, Li 1997, Long 1992, Long and Stilwell 2000, Maisch et al. 2014, Malyshkina et al. 2013, Nolf 1988, Otero et al. 2013, Otero et al. 2012, Pledge 1967, Pledge et al. 2015, Popov et al. 2025, Rana et al. 2021, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Trif et al. 2022, Verma 2024, White 1956, Wolberg 1985, Woodward 1889 and Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999
Sister taxa: Odontaspis (Odontaspis), Odontaspis actutissima, Odontaspis aculeatus, Odontaspis attenuata, Odontaspis bicarinatus, Odontaspis bronni, Odontaspis exigua, Odontaspis exilis, Odontaspis ferox, Odontaspis incurva, Odontaspis molassica, Odontaspis sanguinei, Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis substriata, Odontaspis tricuspidatus, Odontaspis watinensis, Odontaspis winkleri
Subtaxa: Odontaspis macrota semistriata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Japan (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Angola (4), Australia (4), Barbados (1), Belgium (1), Namibia (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (28), United States (8: Alabama, Maryland, Oregon, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (1)
• Paleocene of United States (11: Alabama, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Colorado, North Dakota)
Total: 73 collections including 74 occurrences
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