Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to E. V. Popov and V. A. Lopyrev 2024
See also Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Ebersole et al. 2019, Goedert et al. 2024, Herman 1977, Otero et al. 2013, Popov et al. 2025, Rana et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Trif et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna, Turania
Subtaxa: Jaekelotodus africanus Jaekelotodus bagualensis Jaekelotodus borystenicus Jaekelotodus londonensis Jaekelotodus robustus Jaekelotodus trigonalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Belgium (11), Denmark (1), India (1), Kazakhstan (4), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (12), United States (9: Alabama, Washington), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), France (6), Togo (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 63 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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