Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Full reference: G. Guinot and J. D. Carrillo-Briceño. 2018. Lamniform sharks from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Venezuela. Cretaceous Research 82:1-20
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to J. K. Juranek and K. Shimada 2025
See also Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna, Turania
Subtaxa: Microcarcharias saskatchewanensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (20: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota), Venezuela (2)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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