Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combinations: Lamna macrota, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) macrotus, Odontaspis macrota, Otodus macrotus
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Belongs to Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) according to E. Dartevelle and E. Casier 1943
See also Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Bohm 1926, Cantalice et al. 2019, Case et al. 2015, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Cassier 1966, Cuny and Risnes 2005, Ebersole et al. 2019, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Leriche 1942, Long 1992, Long and Stilwell 2000, Maisch et al. 2014, Otero et al. 2013, Pledge et al. 2015, Popov et al. 2025, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Verma 2024, White 1956 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) teretidens, Synodontaspis atlasi
Subtaxa: Odontaspis macrota semistriata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Miocene of Japan (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Angola (4), Barbados (1), Namibia (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (28), United States (8: Alabama, Maryland, Oregon, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (1)
• Paleocene of United States (10: Alabama, Maryland, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 60 collections each including a single occurrence
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