Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Full reference: K. Shimada, E. V. Popov, M. Siversson, B. J. Welton, and D. J. Long. 2015. A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5):e981335
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to K. Shimada et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna
Subtaxa: Johnlongia Pseudomegachasma
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections), Canada (4: Alberta), France (1), the Russian Federation (9), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences