Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Alternative combination: Isurus benedeni

Belongs to Parotodus according to J. F. Betancort et al. 2016

See also Antunes 1978, Cappetta 1980, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Fukata et al. 2014, García et al. 2009, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Kuga 1985, Landini et al. 2019, Leriche 1926, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Purdy et al. 2001 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998

Sister taxa: Parotodus benedenii, Parotodus pavlovi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: South Carolina collection)

• Pliocene of Spain (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), Mexico (1)

• Miocene of Angola (1), Austria (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Malta (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)

• Oligocene of Japan (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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