Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combinations: Odontaspis gigas, Scapanorhynchus gigas
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613
Belongs to Hispidaspis according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Dalinkevičius 1935, Herman 1977, Li 1997 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxon: Hispidaspis horridus
Type specimen: BMNH 46362, a set of teeth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of China (2)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Jordan (1), Lithuania (6), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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