Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combination: Hypotodus aculeatus
Synonym: Hypotodus grandis Case 1978
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Contribution a l'étude des sélaciens du Groupe Monmouth (Campanien-Maestrichtian) du New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 151:1-46
Belongs to Odontaspis according to L. Nelson et al. 2025
See also Beavan and Russell 1999, Becker et al. 2004, Becker et al. 2006, Cappetta and Case 1975, Case 1978, Case 1987, Case and Cappetta 1997, Case and Cappetta 2004, Case et al. 2017, Cook et al. 2017 and Hoganson et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia, Odontaspis (Odontaspis), Odontaspis actutissima, Odontaspis attenuata, Odontaspis bicarinatus, Odontaspis bronni, Odontaspis ensiculata, Odontaspis exigua, Odontaspis exilis, Odontaspis ferox, Odontaspis incurva, Odontaspis molassica, Odontaspis sanguinei, Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis substriata, Odontaspis tingitana, Odontaspis watinensis, Odontaspis winkleri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta collections), United States (34: Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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