Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combinations: Lamna cattica, Otodus catticus
Synonym: Lamna (Odontaspis) lupus Le Hon 1871
Belongs to Carcharoides according to S. Everaert et al. 2019
See also Bengevoord 1973, Cappetta 1973, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Gille et al. 2010, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Leriche 1926, Nolf 1988, Otero et al. 2013, Otero et al. 2012, Szabo et al. 2017, Verwey 2013, Verwey 2015, Vialle et al. 2011 and Weiler 1938
Sister taxa: Carcharoides tenuidens, Carcharoides totuserratus
Subtaxa: Lamna cattica cattica
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (6), France (2), Hungary (2), Malta (1), the Netherlands (2), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), Chile (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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