Otodus aksuaticus
Otodus aksuaticus[1] is an extinct species of large shark in the family Otodontidae which may represent a transitional species between the genus Otodus and the genus Carcharocles. They are similar in overall morphology to Otodus obliquus except they have serrations on their cusps and blade. It is sometimes placed in the genus Otodus. It is mainly found in the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch. They have been found in the Woodstock Member of the Nanjemoy Formation of Maryland and Virginia and Ypresian sediments in Aktulagay, Kazakhstan as well as the Ypres clay in Belgium and the London Clay in the United Kingdom.[2]
| Otodus aksuaticus | |
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| Otodus aksuaticus from the lower Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Maryland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Otodontidae |
| Genus: | †Otodus |
| Species: | †O. aksuaticus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Otodus aksuaticus (Menner, 1928) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carcharocles aksuaticus (Menner, 1928) | |
References
- Shimada, K.; Chandler, R. E.; Lam, O. L. T.; Tanaka, T.; Ward, D. J. (2016). "A new elusive otodontid shark (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene, and comments on the taxonomy of otodontid genera, including the 'megatoothed' clade". Historical Biology. 29 (5): 1–11. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1236795. S2CID 89080495.
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