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Parotodus
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).
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
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Parotodus Cappetta p. 34 |
| 1998 | Parotodus Yabe and Hirayama p. 47 |
| 2001 | Parotodus Purdy et al. p. 110 |
| 2002 | Parotodus Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Parotodus Kocsis p. 34 |
| 2014 | Parotodus Fukata et al. p. 13 |
| 2018 | Parotodus Kent p. 94 |
| 2019 | Parotodus Landini et al. p. 358 |
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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.
G. †Parotodus Cappetta 1980
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†Parotodus benedeni Le Hon 1871
†Parotodus benedenii Le Hon 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available