Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Parent taxon: Otodontidae according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013
See also Cantalice et al. 2025, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Davis 1888, Eastman 1904, Ebersole et al. 2019, Ebersole et al. 2024, Gibbes 1847, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Jordan 1963, Leidy 1873, Maisch et al. 2014, Pollerspöck et al. 2025, Popov et al. 2025, Rapp 1946, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Sepkoski 2002, Szabo et al. 2017 and Trif et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Cretalamna, Kenolamna, Megalolamna, Megaselachus, Palaeocarcharodon, Parotodus
Subtaxa: Otodus (Carcharocles) Otodus (Otodus) Otodus apiculatus Otodus auriculatus Otodus chubutensis Otodus isoelicus Otodus levis Otodus megalodon Otodus obliquus Otodus recticonus Otodus schoutedeni Otodus sokolovi Otodus spathula Otodus subplicatus Otodus tricuspis Otodus trigonatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Cape Verde (1), New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of Angola (1), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Argentina (1), Australia (3), Ecuador (2), Italy (8), Japan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), Portugal (1), South Africa (2), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: California, Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1), Australia (2), Chile (2), Cuba (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Portugal (1), United States (4: California, Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Argentina (3), Australia (11), Austria (9), Belgium (2), Brunei Darussalam (2), Cape Verde (1), Chile (2), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), Cyprus (1), Czechia (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (11), Germany (3), Greece (1), Grenada (1), Hungary (1), India (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (25), Madagascar (1), Malta (5), Mexico (7), Myanmar (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (6), Oman (1), Panama (22), Peru (14), Poland (2), Portugal (5), Puerto Rico (1), Romania (2), Slovakia (2), South Africa (2), Spain (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Türkiye (1), United States (55: California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (7)
• Neogene of Barbados (1), Fiji (1), Indian Ocean (1), Nigeria (1), North Pacific (1), South Pacific (3), United States (1: California), United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (10), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (2), New Zealand (3), United States (10: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Angola (9), Antarctica (3), Argentina (4), Australia (3), Belgium (1), Egypt (15), France (1), Germany (1), Iran (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Senegal (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (13), United States (24: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia), Uzbekistan (2), Western Sahara (3)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Angola (4), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (2), Togo (1), United States (9: Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cenozoic of New Zealand (6), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of France (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 465 collections including 506 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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