Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Full reference: Y. Yabumoto. 1989. A new Eocene lamnoid shark, Carcharodon nodai, from Omuta in northern Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 9:111-116
Belongs to Carcharodon according to Y. Yabumoto 1989
Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon productus, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon stromeri, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus
Type specimen: KMNH VP 100,145, a tooth. Its type locality is Kattachi, Omuta City, which is in a Lutetian shoreface sandstone in the Kattachi Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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