Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combination: Odontaspis parvidens
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1973. Selachians from the Carlile Shale (Turonian) of South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 47:504-514
Belongs to Johnlongia according to T. D. Cook et al. 2013
See also Cappetta 1973, Cicimurri 2001, Cicimurri 2004, Cook et al. 2008, Hamm and Cicimurri 2011, Shimada et al. 2006 and Siverson 1996
Sister taxon: Johnlongia allocotodon
Type specimen: SDK31, a tooth. Its type locality is SE of Hot Springs, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in the Carlile Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections), United States (7: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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