Johnlongia Siverson 1996 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Full reference: M. Siverson. 1996. Lamniform sharks of the mid Cretaceous Alinga Formation and Beedagong Claystone, Western Australia. Palaeontology 39:813-849

Parent taxon: Johnlonginae according to K. Shimada et al. 2015

See also Cicimurri 2003, Cook et al. 2008, Cook et al. 2013, Guinot et al. 2013, Shimada et al. 2004, Shimada et al. 2006, Siverson 1996 and Underwood 2004

Sister taxon: Pseudomegachasma

Subtaxa: Johnlongia allocotodon Johnlongia parvidens

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Type: Johnlongia allocotodon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections), Canada (4: Alberta), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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