Johnlongia parvidens Cappetta 1973 (sand tiger shark)

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

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