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Otodus obliquus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Otodus obliquus was named by Agassiz (1838).

It was recombined as Lamna obliqua by Woodward (1889), Clark (1895), Leriche (1942), Dartevelle and Casier (1943), Casier (1946), Cassier (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Lamna crassa by Chapman (1918); it was recombined as Otodus (Otodus) obliquus by Guinot et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Otodus obliquus Agassiz figs. Pl 31, figs 1-10a
1843Otodus lanceolatus Agassiz figs. Pl 37, figs 19-23
1843Otodus obliquus Agassiz figs. Pl Q, figs 3,4; pl 36, figs 22-27
1843Otodus lanceolatus Agassiz p. 269
1847Otodus obliquus Gibbes p. 199
1868Otodus obliquus Cope p. 142
1888Otodus obliquus Davis p. 15
1888Otodus giganteus Delvaux
1889Lamna obliqua Woodward p. 404
1894Otodus obliquus Hector p. 116
1895Lamna obliqua Clark p. 4
1902Otodus obliquus Hay p. 304
1926Otodus obliquus Leriche p. 463
1940Lamna mediavia Leriche p. 590
1942Lamna mediavia Leriche p. 14 figs. Plate I, Fig. 12-19
1942Lamna obliqua Leriche p. 31
1943Lamna obliqua Dartevelle and Casier p. 133 figs. Pl 9, figs 16-21
1946Lamna obliqua Casier p. 75
1946Otodus obliquus Rapp p. 510
1966Lamna obliqua Cassier p. 76
1977Otodus obliquus Herman p. 225 figs. Pl 9, fig 8
1981Lamna mediavia Thurmond and Jones p. 53
1993Otodus obliquus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 9
1995Otodus obliquus Baut and Génault p. 203 figs. Pl 6, fig 6
1996Otodus obliquus Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 27
2013Otodus obliquus Otero et al. p. 19 figs. 4.1, 4.2
2014Otodus obliquus Maisch et al. p. 189
2020Otodus (Otodus) obliquus Guinot et al. p. 21 figs. 4C-U
2023Otodus obliquus Boulemia and Adnet p. 5 figs. 2P-Q
2024Otodus obliquus Popov and Lopyrev p. 790 figs. 5.C1-C2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidaeGlickman 1964
genusOtodus
speciesobliquus

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.

†Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838
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Invalid names: Lamna mediavia Leriche 1942 [synonym], Otodus giganteus Delvaux 1888 [synonym], Otodus lanceolatus Agassiz 1843 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Serravallian or 83.60000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand (South Island) Otodus obliquus (101382)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Lamna mediavia (84018)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Otodus obliquus (26820)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco Otodus obliquus (242161)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Lamna mediavia (84011)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Angola (Cabinda) Lamna obliqua (242404)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Lamna obliqua (84051)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Angola (Cabinda) Lamna obliqua (275419 275436)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Congo-Kinshasa Lamna obliqua (275225)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0USA (Alabama) Otodus obliquus (228143)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Congo-Kinshasa Lamna obliqua (275408)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Angola (Cabinda) Lamna obliqua (113759 195089)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Morocco Otodus obliquus (242162)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Kazakhstan (Qaraghandy) Otodus obliquus (84553 84554)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Otodus obliquus, Lamna obliqua (84048)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Lamna obliqua (84046) Otodus obliquus, Lamna obliqua (84056)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Otodus obliquus (124191)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Otodus obliquus (61561)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Algeria Otodus obliquus (232262)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0France Otodus obliquus (276444 276446)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Otodus obliquus (15074)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Lamna obliqua (52450)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Saratov) Otodus obliquus (235736)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Otodus obliquus (242163)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Otodus obliquus (42459)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Angola Lamna obliqua (83987)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Lamna obliqua (22800 185905 185930 185931 185934) Otodus obliquus (76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Otodus obliquus (242088 276601)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Lamna obliqua (91123) Otodus obliquus (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Otodus obliquus (68175)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Lamna obliqua (85229 160682 171509)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Angola (Cabinda) Lamna obliqua (242391)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Lamna obliqua (84054 84055)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola (Cabinda) Lamna obliqua (83988 242382 242392 242405 275442)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola Lamna obliqua (242407 275444)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Otodus obliquus (205834)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal Otodus obliquus (133429)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany Otodus obliquus (121968)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz) Otodus obliquus (230272)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) Lamna obliqua (159894)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Lamna obliqua (42641 42644)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Otodus obliquus (55396 57782)