Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combinations: Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) substriata, Odontaspis elegans substriata
Full reference: E. Stromer. 1910. Reptilien und Fischreste aus dem marinen Alttertiär von Südtogo (Westafrika). Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 62:478-505
Belongs to Odontaspis according to H. Cappetta 1972
See also Dartevelle and Casier 1943 and Stromer 1910
Sister taxa: Odontaspis (Odontaspis), Odontaspis actutissima, Odontaspis aculeatus, Odontaspis attenuata, Odontaspis bicarinatus, Odontaspis bronni, Odontaspis exigua, Odontaspis exilis, Odontaspis ferox, Odontaspis incurva, Odontaspis macrota, Odontaspis molassica, Odontaspis sanguinei, Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis tricuspidatus, Odontaspis watinensis, Odontaspis winkleri
Subtaxa: Odontaspis substriata atlasi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (1 collection), Nigeria (1), Togo (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (5)
• Paleocene of Angola (17), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Niger (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Togo (2)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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