Hispidaspis (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna

Subtaxa: Hispidaspis gigas Hispidaspis horridus

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Type: Scapanorhynchus gigas

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Jordan (1 collection), Kazakhstan (2), Lithuania (6), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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