Palaeohypotodus bronni Agassiz 1843 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Alternative combinations: Lamna (Odontaspis) bronnii, Lamna bronni, Lamna bronnii, Odontaspis bronnii

Synonyms: Odontaspis acuta Davis 1888, Odontaspis houzeaui Woodward 1891

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Palaeohypotodus according to J. Adolfssen and D. Ward 2015

See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Barrois 1874, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Davis 1888, Herman 1977 and Nolf 1988

Sister taxa: Palaeohypotodus lerichei, Palaeohypotodus rutoti, Palaeohypotodus volgensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (3), the Netherlands (1)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (4), France (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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