Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna, Turania
Subtaxa: Hispidaspis gigas Hispidaspis horridus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of China (2)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (3), Lithuania (6), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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