| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : Otodus obliquus |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Otodus obliquus | species | belongs to Otodus | stated without evidence | Agassiz, 1843 | | Otodus obliquus | species | belongs to Lamna | stated without evidence | Woodward, 1889 | | Otodus obliquus | species | belongs to Otodus | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Otodus obliquus | species | subjective synonym of Lamna crassa | stated without evidence | Chapman, 1918 | | Otodus obliquus | species | belongs to Lamna | stated without evidence | Leriche, 1942 | | Otodus obliquus | species | belongs to Otodus | stated without evidence | Cvancara and Hoganson, 1993 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Lamniformes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Lamniformes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel |
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| Agassiz L. , Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel, 157-390 |
| Cope E. D. [Extinct Cetacea from the Miocene bed of Maryland], Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia 20 3, 159-160 |
| Davis J. W. On fossil-fish remains from the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary formations of New Zealand, Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 4, 1-48 |
| Woodward A. S. , Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1, 1-613 |
| Clark W. B. Contributions to the Eocene fauna of the Middle Atlantic slope, Johns Hopkins University Circulars 15 121, 3-6 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Leriche M. (1942) Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis, Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45, 1-111 |
| Cassier F. C. (1966) Faune Ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-496 |
| Cvancara A. M., Hoganson J. W. (1993) Vertebrates of the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) in North and South Dakota, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13 1, 1-23 |
| Applegate S. P., Espinosa-Arrubarrena L. (1996) The fossil history of Carcharodon and its possible ancestor, Cretolamna: A study in tooth identification, Great White Sharks: The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias, 19-36 |
| Maisch H. M., Becker M. A., et al (2014) Chondrichthyans from the Tallahatta-Lisbon Formatino contact (Middle Eocene), Silas, Choctaw County, Alabama, Paludicola 9 4, 183-2009 |
Otodus obliquus ✝
