Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Full reference: K. Shimada, R. E. Chandler, O. Lok Tao Lam, T. Tanaka, and D. J. Ward. 2017. A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the ‘megatoothed’ clade. Historical Biology 29(5):704-714
Parent taxon: Otodontidae according to J. Pollerspöck and K. Shimada 2024
See also Landini et al. 2019, Shimada et al. 2024 and Shimada et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Cretalamna, Kenolamna, Otodus, Palaeocarcharodon, Parotodus, Trigonotodus
Subtaxa: Megalolamna serotinus
Type: Megalolamna paradoxodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Colombia (1), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), Peru (3), United States (3: California, Maryland, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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