Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combinations: Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima, Lamna acutissima, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima, Odontaspis acutissima, Synodontaspis acutissima

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

Belongs to Carcharias according to J. A. VillafaƱa et al. 2020

See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Antunes and Balbino 2003, Case 1981, Ciobanu 1977, Heinrich 1969, Kocsis 2007, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Marsili et al. 2007, Purdy et al. 2001, Szabo et al. 2017 and Weiler 1938

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, 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

Subtaxa: Odontaspis acutissima vorax

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1)

• Miocene of Austria (3), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (5), Italy (1), Japan (2), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (5), United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (2), Romania (1)

• Eocene of Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Georgia)

Total: 39 collections including 41 occurrences

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