Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 (sand shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Synonyms: Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax le Hon 1871, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax le Hon 1871, Odontaspis vorax le Hon 1871

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Carcharias according to M. Szabo et al. 2017

See also Heinrich 1969, Marsili et al. 2007, Mors et al. 2000 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias acutus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias collata, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias eocaenus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias melanopterus, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias reticulata, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias virgatulus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• MN 13 of Portugal (2 collections)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (5), Costa Rica (1), France (9), Germany (1), Hungary (2), the Netherlands (2), Portugal (2)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Georgia)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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