Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias angustidens sokolowi, Carcharocles sokolovi, Carcharocles sokolowi, Carcharodon sokolowi, Otodus (Carcharocles) sokolovi
Belongs to Otodus (Carcharocles) according to N. Trif et al. 2024
See also Adnet 2006, Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Kriwet et al. 2016, Leriche 1942, Mustafa et al. 2005 and Trif et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Carcharocles disauris, Carcharocles rectus, Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Egypt (21), France (5), Germany (1), Iran (1), Jordan (2), Romania (1), Uzbekistan (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 35 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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