Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combination: Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) winkleri
Belongs to Odontaspis according to E. V. Popov et al. 2025
See also Bohm 1926, Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Ebersole et al. 2019, Leriche 1942, Long 1992, Otero et al. 2013 and Popov and Lopyrev 2024
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 incurva, Odontaspis macrota, Odontaspis molassica, Odontaspis sanguinei, Odontaspis substriata, Odontaspis watinensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections), Argentina (2), Canada (1: Northwest Territory), Germany (1), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (14), United States (4: Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (6), United States (3: Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of Chile (1)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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