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Parotodus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Parotodus was named by Cappetta (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 884].

It was assigned to Lamnidae by Purdy et al. (2001); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Otodontidae by Cappetta (1980), Yabe and Hirayama (1998), Kocsis (2007), Fukata et al. (2014), Kent (2018) and Landini et al. (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Parotodus Cappetta p. 34
1998Parotodus Yabe and Hirayama p. 47
2001Parotodus Purdy et al. p. 110
2002Parotodus Sepkoski
2007Parotodus Kocsis p. 34
2014Parotodus Fukata et al. p. 13
2018Parotodus Kent p. 94
2019Parotodus Landini et al. p. 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidae
genusParotodus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Parotodus Cappetta 1980
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Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871
Parotodus benedenii Le Hon 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) P. pavlovi (140018)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan (Yamaguchi) P. benedeni (204345)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Slovakia Isurus benedeni (47461)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Madagascar P. benedeni (55451)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) P. benedeni (100330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Hungary P. benedeni (210623)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Malta (Gozo) P. benedeni (161385)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria (Plesching bei Linz) Isurus benedeni (159375)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy P. benedeni (70814)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Uyenoa benedeni (167460)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands Isurus benedeni (45505)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Isurus benedeni (161445) Uyenoa benedeni (55920)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hokuriku) P. benedeni (161496)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan (Hokuriku) P. benedeni (161489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal Isurus benedeni (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) P. benedeni (162457)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Uyenoa benedeni (204344)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Chiba) P. benedeni (202927)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) P. benedenii (46167)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Mexico (Baja) Isurus benedeni (154117)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Japan (Chiba) P. benedeni (70006)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Huelva) P. benedeni (151888)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. benedenii (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Angola Isurus benedeni (154111)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) P. benedeni (188304)