Otodus auriculatus
(Blainville, 1818)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Otodontidae
	Reference of the original description
	
	
Sur les ichthyolites ou les poissons fossiles. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 27, 310–391
Sur les ichthyolites ou les poissons fossiles. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 27, 310–391
	Types
Otodus auriculatus
	
	
	
Otodus auriculatus
Description:
Citation: Otodus auriculatus (Blainville, 1818): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025
		Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=4408;
		
		shark-references Species-ID=4408;
		References
		
	
		
		
			
Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Chondrichthyes from the Japanese Islands. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs, 56, 1–184
	
	
		
		
			
Chondrichthyan fishes from the Middle Eocene Osinovaya Formation of Rostov Region, Russia. Historical Biology, 37(1), 126–152
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2291774
	
	
		
		
			
Faszination Haie – Die Welt der fossilen und der lebenden Haie. Der Steinkern, 58, 1–116
	
	
		
		
			
Eocene Shark Teeth From Peninsular Antarctica: Windows to Habitat Use and Paleoceanography. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 39(11), Article e2024PA004965
DOI: 10.1029/2024PA004965
	
	
		
		
			
Phylogenetic affinity of the extinct shark family Otodontidae within Lamniformes remains uncertain - Comments on “List of skeletal material from megatooth sharks (Lamniformes, Otodontidae)” by Greenfield. Paleoichthys, 6, 1–5
	
	
		
		
			
Fossile hajtaender fra Trelde Naes. Self-published
	
	
		
		
			
The chondrichthyan fossil record of the Florida Platform (Eocene–Pleistocene). Paleobiology, 48(4), 622–654
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2021.47
	
	
		
		
			
Cenozoic megatooth sharks occupied extremely high trophic positions. Science Advances, 8(25), Article eabl6529
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6529
	
	
	
		
		
			
Additions to “List of skeletal material from megatooth sharks”, with a response to Shimada (2022). Paleoichthys, 6, 6–11
	
	
		
		
			
Historical and nomenclatural remarks on some megatoothed shark teeth (Elasmobranchii, Otodontidae) from the Cenozoic of New Jersey (U.S.A.) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 127, 595–625
	
	
		
		
			
Feeding ecology has shaped the evolution of modern sharks. Current Biology, 31(23), 5138–5148
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.028
	
	
		
		
			
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
	
	
		
		
			
The Turanian Basin in the Eocene: the new data on the fossil sharks and rays from the Kyzylkum Desert (Uzbekistan). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 320(1), 50–65
	
	
		
		
			
Pisces. In Piller, W.E. (ed.) Catalogus Fossilium Austriae, Band 3 - Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, ISBN13: 978-3-7001-7238-3, 576 pp.
	
	
		
		
			
The Aktulagay section, west Kazakhstan: a key site fornorthern mid-latitude Early Eocene stratigraphy. Stratigraphy, 10(3): 171–209
	
	
		
		
			
The Elasmobranch Fauna of the Lede Sand Formation at Oosterzele (Lutetian, Middle Eocene of Belgium). Palaeofocus, 1, 1–57
	
	
		
		
			
Elasmobranhii i biostratigraphia paleogena Zauralia i Srednei Asii. (Elasmobranchii and Palaeogene biostratigraphy of Transural and Central Asia). Materialy po Stratigrafii i Paleontologii Urala, 3, 324 pp, Ekaterinburg, UrO RAN
	
	
		
		
			
Les poissons fossiles du Crétacé Supérieur et le Paléogène de la Bulgarie. [In Bulgarian with French summary] Annuaire de l’Université de Sofia, Faculté de Géologie et Géographie, Géologie, 59(1), 1–22
	
	
Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Chondrichthyes from the Japanese Islands. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs, 56, 1–184

Chondrichthyan fishes from the Middle Eocene Osinovaya Formation of Rostov Region, Russia. Historical Biology, 37(1), 126–152
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2291774

Faszination Haie – Die Welt der fossilen und der lebenden Haie. Der Steinkern, 58, 1–116
Eocene Shark Teeth From Peninsular Antarctica: Windows to Habitat Use and Paleoceanography. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 39(11), Article e2024PA004965
DOI: 10.1029/2024PA004965
Phylogenetic affinity of the extinct shark family Otodontidae within Lamniformes remains uncertain - Comments on “List of skeletal material from megatooth sharks (Lamniformes, Otodontidae)” by Greenfield. Paleoichthys, 6, 1–5

Fossile hajtaender fra Trelde Naes. Self-published
The chondrichthyan fossil record of the Florida Platform (Eocene–Pleistocene). Paleobiology, 48(4), 622–654
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2021.47
Cenozoic megatooth sharks occupied extremely high trophic positions. Science Advances, 8(25), Article eabl6529
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6529
Additions to “List of skeletal material from megatooth sharks”, with a response to Shimada (2022). Paleoichthys, 6, 6–11

Historical and nomenclatural remarks on some megatoothed shark teeth (Elasmobranchii, Otodontidae) from the Cenozoic of New Jersey (U.S.A.) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 127, 595–625
Feeding ecology has shaped the evolution of modern sharks. Current Biology, 31(23), 5138–5148
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.028

Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116

The Turanian Basin in the Eocene: the new data on the fossil sharks and rays from the Kyzylkum Desert (Uzbekistan). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 320(1), 50–65

Pisces. In Piller, W.E. (ed.) Catalogus Fossilium Austriae, Band 3 - Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, ISBN13: 978-3-7001-7238-3, 576 pp.

The Aktulagay section, west Kazakhstan: a key site fornorthern mid-latitude Early Eocene stratigraphy. Stratigraphy, 10(3): 171–209

The Elasmobranch Fauna of the Lede Sand Formation at Oosterzele (Lutetian, Middle Eocene of Belgium). Palaeofocus, 1, 1–57

Elasmobranhii i biostratigraphia paleogena Zauralia i Srednei Asii. (Elasmobranchii and Palaeogene biostratigraphy of Transural and Central Asia). Materialy po Stratigrafii i Paleontologii Urala, 3, 324 pp, Ekaterinburg, UrO RAN

Les poissons fossiles du Crétacé Supérieur et le Paléogène de la Bulgarie. [In Bulgarian with French summary] Annuaire de l’Université de Sofia, Faculté de Géologie et Géographie, Géologie, 59(1), 1–22
				
				
    					
    					
    					
    					
                        
    					








