Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharocles chubutensis, Carcharodon chubutensis, Megaselachus chubutensis
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. L' age des Formations sedimentaires de Patagonie. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 52:189-197
Belongs to Otodus according to J. L. Goedert et al. 2025
See also Aguilera et al. 2017, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Cook et al. 2010, Maisch et al. 2020, Maisch IV et al. 2018, Marramà€ et al. 2026 and Marsili et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Otodus (Carcharocles), Otodus (Megaselachus), Otodus (Otodus), Otodus aksuaticus, Otodus auriculatus, Otodus isoelicus, Otodus levis, Otodus megalodon, Otodus minor, Otodus naidini, Otodus obliquus, Otodus poseidoni, Otodus recticonus, Otodus schoutedeni, Otodus sokolovi, Otodus spathula, Otodus subplicatus, Otodus tricuspis, Otodus trigonatus
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Brazil (7), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), North Atlantic (1), Oman (1), Panama (5), Peru (4), United States (3: Oregon, South Carolina, Washington)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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