Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Alternative combinations: Lamna macrota, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) macrota, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) macrotus, Odontaspis macrota

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Otodus according to L. Agassiz 1838

See also Agassiz 1843, Bohm 1926, Cantalice et al. 2019, Case et al. 2015, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Cassier 1966, Cuny and Risnes 2005, Ebersole et al. 2019, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942, Long 1992, Long and Stilwell 2000, Maisch et al. 2014, Otero et al. 2013, Pledge et al. 2015, Thurmond and Jones 1981, White 1956 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Otodus (Otodus), Otodus apiculatus, Otodus chubutensis, Otodus isoelicus, Otodus lanceolatus, Otodus levis, Otodus megalodon, Otodus obliquus, Otodus recticonus, Otodus sokolovi, Otodus subplicatus, Otodus tricuspis, Otodus trigonatus

Subtaxa: Odontaspis macrota semistriata

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Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Miocene of Japan (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene of Barbados (1), Namibia (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (27), United States (8: Alabama, Maryland, Oregon, Virginia)

• Paleocene of United States (10: Alabama, Maryland, Virginia)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: North Dakota)

Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence

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