Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013
See also Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna
Subtaxa: Jaekelotodus africanus Jaekelotodus bagualensis Jaekelotodus robusta Jaekelotodus trigonalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (12), United States (7: Alabama), Uzbekistan (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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