†Otodus spathula Sauvage 1870 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Belongs to Otodus according to C. Barrois 1874
Sister taxa: Otodus (Carcharocles), Otodus (Megaselachus), Otodus (Otodus), Otodus aksuaticus, Otodus auriculatus, Otodus chubutensis, Otodus isoelicus, Otodus levis, Otodus megalodon, Otodus minor, Otodus naidini, Otodus obliquus, Otodus poseidoni, Otodus recticonus, Otodus schoutedeni, Otodus sokolovi, Otodus subplicatus, Otodus tricuspis, Otodus trigonatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vendhuile (chalk with Mic. breviporus) (Cretaceous of France)
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