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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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