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Otodontidae
Taxonomy
Otodontidae is a family.
It was assigned to Odontaspidoidea by Herman (1977); and to Lamniformes by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Boessenecker (2016), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Ebersole et al. (2022) and Shimada et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Odontaspidoidea by Herman (1977); and to Lamniformes by Cvancara and Hoganson (1993), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Cahuzac et al. (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Nelson et al. (2016), Boessenecker (2016), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Ebersole et al. (2019), Ebersole et al. (2022) and Shimada et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1977 | Otodontidae Herman p. 166 |
1993 | Otodontidae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 9 |
2003 | Otodontidae Antunes and Balbino p. 144 |
2007 | Otodontidae Cahuzac et al. p. 18 |
2009 | Otodontidae Cicimurri and Knight p. 631 |
2016 | Otodontidae Boessenecker p. 3 |
2016 | Otodontidae Nelson et al. p. 64 |
2017 | Otodontidae Szabo et al. |
2018 | Otodontidae Kent p. 80 |
2019 | Otodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 26 |
2022 | Otodontidae Ebersole et al. p. 379 |
2024 | Otodontidae Shimada et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Otodontidae
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G. †Carcharocles Jordan 1923
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†Carcharias angustidens sokolowi Jakel 1895
†Carcharocles rectus Agassiz 1856
†Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens Agassiz 1835
G. †Cretolamna Glikman 1958
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†Cretalamna catoxodon Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna deschutteri Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna ewelli Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna feldmanni Hoganson et al. 2019
†Cretalamna gertericorum Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna hattini Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretalamna sarcoportheta Siversson et al. 2015
†Cretolamna appendiculata appendiculata Itoigawa 1977
†Cretolamna biauriculata Wanner 1902
†Cretolamna borealis Priem 1897
†Cretolamna marroti Coquand 1859
G. †Megaselachus Glyckman 1964
G. †Otodus Agassiz 1838
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†Odontaspis macrota semistriata Leriche 1942
Subg. †Otodus (Otodus) Agassiz 1838
†Otodus apiculatus Agassiz 1838
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Invalid names: Oxyrhina enysii Davis 1888 [synonym], Oxyrhina subvexa Davis 1888 [synonym]
†Otodus chubutensis Ameghino 1901
†Otodus isoelicus Lawley 1876
†Otodus lanceolatus Agassiz 1843
†Otodus levis Gibbes 1847
†Otodus macrotus Agassiz 1838
†Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 [megalodon]
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Invalid names: Carcharias rectidens Agassiz 1839 [synonym], Carcharodon ferox Emmons 1858 [synonym], Carcharodon triangularis Emmons 1858 [synonym]
†Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1838
†Otodus recticonus Agassiz 1843
†Otodus sokolovi Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999
†Otodus subplicatus Agassiz 1843
†Otodus tricuspis Agassiz 1843
†Otodus trigonatus Agassiz 1843
G. †Palaeocarcharodon Casier 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available