Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Alternative combinations: Isurus crassidens, Oxyrhina crassidens, Plicatolamna crassidens
Synonym: Otodus pinguis Sauvage 1872
Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422
Belongs to Cretodus according to Y. Takakuwa et al. 2018
See also Antunes and Cappetta 2002, Barrois 1874, Becker et al. 2010, Bice and Shimada 2016, Cappetta and Case 1999, Cicimurri 2001, Cicimurri 2004, Dixon 1850, Gamble 1977, Hamm and Cicimurri 2011, Herman 1977, Schwimmer et al. 2002, Shimada 2006, Stewart and Martin 1993 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Cretodus houghtonorum, Cretodus longiplicatus, Cretodus semiplicatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Belgium (2), France (3), Japan (1), United States (12: Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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