Otodus levis Gibbes 1847 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1847. Description of new species of squalides from the Tertiary Beds of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 3:266-268

Belongs to Otodus according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Gibbes 1847, Gibbes 1847 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Otodus (Carcharocles), Otodus (Megaselachus), Otodus (Otodus), Otodus apiculatus, Otodus auriculatus, Otodus isoelicus, Otodus megalodon, Otodus obliquus, Otodus recticonus, Otodus schoutedeni, Otodus sokolovi, Otodus spathula, Otodus subplicatus, Otodus tricuspis, Otodus trigonatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Otodus levis in the database

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