Otodontidae Glikman, 1964

Siversson, Mikael, Lindgren, Johan, Newbrey, Michael G., Cederström, Peter & Cook, Todd D., 2015, Cenomanian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (2), pp. 339-384 : 342

Otodontidae Glikman, 1964

Remarks.—Several associated dentitions of Otodus obliquus the species upon which the Otodontidae is ultimately based) have been recovered from early Paleogene phosphates of Morocco. In the absence of formal accounts of one or more of these specimens, the Otodontidae is defined by the shape of individual isolated teeth (Zhelezko and Kozlov 1999). Our assignment of Cretalamna to the Otodontidae is based on striking similarities in tooth morphology between Otodus of the O. obliquus group and Late Cretaceous Cretalamna , particularly in the more anteriorly situated lower jaw tooth files see Dartevelle and Casier 1943: pl. 6: 1, 9 and Fig. 17A, F).