Family Odontaspididae Müller and Henle 1839 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Alternative spelling: Odontaspidae

Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to S. Bogan and F. L. Agnolin 2010

See also Adegoke 1977, Antunes and Balbino 2003, Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Biddle 1993, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case 1981, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cassier 1966, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Compagno 2005, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977, Kent 2018, Long 1992, Long and Stilwell 2000, Marsili et al. 2007, Martin and Crame 2006, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Nelson et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Purdy et al. 2001, Squires 1984, Szabo et al. 2017, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood 2006 and Villafaña et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Isurolamna, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Serratolamnidae

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Taiwan (1 collection), United States (2: Georgia, Maryland)

• Pliocene of Argentina (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)

• MN 13 of Portugal (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1)

• Neogene of Madagascar (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (10), Austria (4), Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (2), France (8), Germany (4), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Japan (5), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (5), Peru (1), Poland (2), Portugal (4), Slovakia (4), South Africa (1), Spain (6), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (2), United States (14: California, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (4), France (1), Germany (4), Hungary (1), Japan (4), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (1), Romania (2), United States (5: California, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (2), Australia (4), Barbados (3), Canada (1: Northwest Territory), Chile (1), Egypt (2), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (3), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (6), Romania (1), Senegal (2), Togo (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (22), United States (32: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Uzbekistan (3), Western Sahara (1)

• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Denmark (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (7), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sweden (2), Togo (1), United States (17: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina)

• Dannevirke of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Canada (8: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (1), Egypt (4), France (12), Germany (2), India (1), Japan (4), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (2), Lithuania (9), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (15), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (7), the United Kingdom (4), United States (73: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)

Total: 430 collections including 645 occurrences

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