Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Full reference: M. Siversson, J. Lindgren, M. G. Newbrey, P. Cederström, and T. D. Cook. 2015. Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60:339-384
Belongs to Cretalamna according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Ebersole et al. 2022, Schubert et al. 2017 and Siversson et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Cretalamna appendiculata, Cretalamna biauriculata, Cretalamna bryanti, Cretalamna catoxodon, Cretalamna deschutteri, Cretalamna ewelli, Cretalamna feldmanni, Cretalamna gertericorum, Cretalamna hattini, Cretolamna borealis, Cretolamna lata, Cretolamna marroti, Cretolamna pachyrhiza
Type specimen: LO 10888T, a tooth. Its type locality is Åsen, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone/sandstone in Sweden.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections), Sweden (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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