Odontorhytis Bohm 1926 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Euselachii

Full reference: J. Bohm. 1926. Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern. Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2:55-87

Parent taxon: Neoselachii according to S. Adnet et al. 2020

See also Bohm 1926, Sepkoski 2002 and Tabuce et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Agaleidae, Anachronistidae, Batoidea, Batomorphii, Dalatiiformes, Duffinselache, Galea, Galeomorphii, Grozonodon, Hopleacanthus, Mcmurdodontidae, Nanocetorhinus, Ostenoselachidae, Palaeocarcharidae, Rhomaleodus, Selachii, Squalea, Squalomorphii, Squatinomorphii, Synechodontiformes, Vallisodus

Subtaxa: Odontorhytis pappenheimi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (11 collections), Namibia (1), Pakistan (1), Senegal (2), Tunisia (1), Western Sahara (2)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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