Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combinations: Cretolamna biauriculata, Otodus biauriculata
Belongs to Cretalamna according to G. Cuny et al. 2012
See also Case 1979 and Zalmout and Mustafa 2001
Sister taxa: Cretalamna appendiculata, Cretalamna bryanti, Cretalamna catoxodon, Cretalamna deschutteri, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna feldmanni, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna hattini, Cretalamna sarcoportheta, Cretolamna borealis, Cretolamna lata, Cretolamna marroti, Cretolamna pachyrhiza
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (4 collections), Egypt (2), Israel (1), Jordan (5), Morocco (1), Senegal (1), Syria (4), United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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