Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combinations: Lamna obliqua, Otodus (Otodus) obliquus
Synonyms: Otodus giganteus Delvaux 1888, Otodus lanceolatus Agassiz 1843
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Belongs to Otodus according to E. V. Popov and V. A. Lopyrev 2024
See also Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1996, Baut and Génault 1995, Boulemia and Adnet 2023, Carlsen and Cuny 2014, Casier 1946, Casier 1966, Chapman 1918, Clark 1895, Cope 1868, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Davis 1888, Dutheil et al. 2006, Gibbes 1847, Guinot et al. 2020, Hay 1902, Hector 1894, Herman 1977, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Maisch et al. 2014, Nolf 1988, Otero et al. 2013, Pledge 1967, Rapp 1946, Woodward 1889 and Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999
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 poseidoni, Otodus recticonus, Otodus schoutedeni, Otodus sokolovi, Otodus spathula, Otodus subplicatus, Otodus tricuspis, Otodus trigonatus
Subtaxa: Otodus obliquus ajatensis Otodus obliquus mugodzharicus Otodus obliquus obliquus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland collections)
• Eocene of Angola (9), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Belgium (3), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (5: Alabama, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), France (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Angola (3), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), France (5), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (2), Togo (1), United States (7: Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cenozoic of United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 67 collections including 70 occurrences
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