Jaekelotodus robustus Leriche 1905 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Alternative combinations: Hypotodus robustus, Jaekelotodus robusta, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) robusta, Odontaspis robusta

Belongs to Jaekelotodus according to E. V. Popov and V. A. Lopyrev 2024

See also Baut and Génault 1995, Cappetta and Case 2016, Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Carlsen and Cuny 2014, Casier 1946, Casier 1966, Dutheil and Merle 1992, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977, Iserbyt and De Schutter 2012 and Nolf 1988

Sister taxa: Jaekelotodus africanus, Jaekelotodus bagualensis, Jaekelotodus borystenicus, Jaekelotodus londonensis, Jaekelotodus trigonalis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (8 collections), Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (8: Alabama)

• Paleocene of France (6)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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