Jaekelotodus bagualensis Otero et al. 2013 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Full reference: R. A. Otero, J. L. Oyarzún, S. Soto-Acuña, R. E. Yury-Yáñez, N. M. Gutierrez, J. P. Le Roux, T. Torres and F. Hervé. 2013. Neoselachians and Chimaeriformes (Chondrichthyes) from the latest Cretaceous-Paleogene of Sierra Baguales, southernmost Chile. Chronostratigraphic, paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of South America Earth Science 48:13-30

Belongs to Jaekelotodus according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Jaekelotodus africanus, Jaekelotodus borystenicus, Jaekelotodus londonensis, Jaekelotodus robustus, Jaekelotodus trigonalis

Type specimen: SGO.PV.6528, a tooth. Its type locality is Sierra Baguales, Point 6, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian estuary/bay shale in the Río Baguales Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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