Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative combination: Odontaspis (Odontaspis) speyeri
Full reference: E. Dartevelle and E. Casier. 1943. Les poissons fossiles du Bas-Congo et des régions voisines. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. A - Minéralogie Géologie, Paléontologie. Série III 2:1-200
Belongs to Odontaspis according to J. Adolfssen and D. Ward 2015
See also Dartevelle and Casier 1943
Sister taxa: Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia, Odontaspis (Odontaspis), Odontaspis actutissima, Odontaspis aculeatus, Odontaspis attenuata, Odontaspis bicarinatus, Odontaspis bronni, Odontaspis ensiculata, Odontaspis exigua, Odontaspis exilis, Odontaspis ferox, Odontaspis incurva, Odontaspis molassica, Odontaspis sanguinei, Odontaspis substriata, Odontaspis tingitana, Odontaspis watinensis, Odontaspis winkleri, Scapanorhynchus (Odontaspis) rhaphiodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (1 collection), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (1)
• Paleocene of Angola (9), the Congo-Kinshasa (5), Denmark (1), Sweden (2), United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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