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Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Carcharias angustidens was named by Agassiz (1835).

It was recombined as Carcharodon angustidens by Agassiz (1843), Gibbes (1847), Cope (1868), Davis (1888), Hector (1894), Weiler (1938), Leriche (1942), Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996), Gottfried and Fordyce (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharodon auriculatus by Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Chapman (1918); it was recombined as Carcharodon (Procarcharodon) angustidens by Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens by Szabo et al. (2017); it was recombined as Carcharocles angustidens by Miller et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Carcharocles debrayi, Carcharocles sokolovi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Carcharias angustidens Agassiz figs. Pl 28, figs 20-25
1843Carcharodon angustidens Agassiz p. 255
1847Carcharodon angustidens Gibbes p. 145
1868Carcharodon angustidens Cope p. 142
1888Carcharodon angustidens Davis p. 9
1894Carcharodon angustidens Hector p. 116
1926Carcharias angustidens Leriche p. 462
1938Carcharodon angustidens Weiler p. 8
1942Carcharodon angustidens Leriche p. 46
1981Carcharodon (Procarcharodon) angustidens Thurmond and Jones p. 56
1996Carcharodon angustidens Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 30
2000Carcharodon angustidens Gottfried and Fordyce p. 731
2017Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens Szabo et al.
2021Carcharocles angustidens Miller et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidae
genusOtodus
subgenusCarcharocles(Jordan 1923)
speciesangustidens()

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.

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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 Bartonian to the top of the Serravallian or 41.03000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Fukuoka) Carcharodon angustidens (161438)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Procarcharodon angustidens (5387)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Carcharodon angustidens (84058)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Carcharocles angustidens (45640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Carcharodon angustidens (28983)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Carcharocles angustidens (69805)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan (Fukuoka) Carcharodon angustidens (161440)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Otodus angustidens (65088)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (South Carolina) Carcharocles angustidens (223493) Otodus angustidens (182155)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North Otago) Carcharodon angustidens (134376)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Carcharodon angustidens (120295)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Carcharodon angustidens (11601)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Carcharodon angustidens (45792 50070)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon angustidens (46166 48647 51383 51392)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Ecuador (Santa Elena) Carcharocles angustidens (190942)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (South Carolina) Carcharocles angustidens (223492)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Carcharocles angustidens (71651)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Carcharodon angustidens (202915)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Carcharodon angustidens (18506)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Carcharodon angustidens (18587)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Carcharodon angustidens (55396)