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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), Casier (1946) and Cassier (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Lamna crassa by Chapman (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Otodus obliquus Agassiz figs. Pl 31, figs 1-10a
1843Otodus obliquus Agassiz figs. Pl Q, figs 3,4; pl 36, figs 22-27
1847Otodus obliquus Gibbes p. 199
1868Otodus obliquus Cope p. 142
1888Otodus obliquus Davis p. 15
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
1942Lamna obliqua Leriche p. 31
1946Lamna obliqua Casier p. 75
1946Otodus obliquus Rapp p. 510
1966Lamna obliqua Cassier p. 76
1993Otodus obliquus Cvancara and Hoganson p. 9
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
2023Otodus obliquus Boulemia and Adnet p. 5 figs. 2P-Q

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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
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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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, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Serravallian or 83.60000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) Otodus obliquus (101382)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) Otodus obliquus (26820)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Lamna obliqua (84051)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0USA (Alabama) Otodus obliquus (228143)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Kazakhstan (Qaraghandy) Otodus obliquus (84553 84554)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Otodus obliquus (124191)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Algeria Otodus obliquus (232262)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Otodus obliquus, Lamna obliqua (84048)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Lamna obliqua (84046) Otodus obliquus, Lamna obliqua (84056)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Otodus obliquus (15074)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Lamna obliqua (85229 160682 171509)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Otodus obliquus (68175)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Otodus obliquus (42459)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) Lamna obliqua (91123)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Lamna obliqua (13299 22800 185905 185930 185931 185934) Otodus obliquus (76601)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Lamna obliqua (84054 84055)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Lamna obliqua (52450)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Otodus obliquus (15595)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Australia (South Australia) Lamna obliqua (159894)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal Otodus obliquus (133429)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany Otodus obliquus (121968)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Otodus obliquus (230272)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Lamna obliqua (42641 42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Otodus obliquus (205834)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Otodus obliquus (55396 57782)