Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combination: Isurus benedeni
Belongs to Parotodus according to J. L. Vera-Peláez et al. 2016
See also Antunes 1978, Ávila et al. 2012, Betancort et al. 2016, 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, Malyshkina et al. 2023, Nolf 1988, Purdy et al. 2001, Yabe and Hirayama 1998 and Yokoyama et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Parotodus benedenii, Parotodus mangyshlakensis, Parotodus pavlovi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Spain (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Angola (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Malta (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (3), Japan (1)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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