Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Full reference: J. W. Hoganson, J. M. Erickson, and F. D. Holland. 2019. Chondrichthyan and osteichthyan paleofaunas from the Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) Fox Hills Formation of North Dakota, USA: paleoecology, paleogeography, and extinction. Bulletins of American Paleontology 398:1-94
Belongs to Cretalamna according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Cretalamna appendiculata, Cretalamna catoxodon, Cretalamna deschutteri, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna hattini, Cretalamna maroccana, Cretalamna sarcoportheta, Cretolamna biauriculata, Cretolamna borealis, Cretolamna lata, Cretolamna marroti
Type specimen: UND-PC 15903, a tooth. Its type locality is NDGS L165, Bowman County, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Fox Hills Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at NDGS L165, Bowman County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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