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Odontaspis (sand tiger shark)
Taxonomy
Odontaspis was named by Agassiz (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R Sepkoski's reference number: 884
Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R Sepkoski's reference number: 884]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Lamna (Odontaspis) by Agassiz (1843) and Gibbes (1847); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Lamna by Agassiz (1843) and Gibbes (1847); to Carcharidae by Weiler (1938); to Lamnidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Alessandri (1896), Ameghino (1901), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Eastman (1904), Stromer (1910), Chapman (1918), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1926), White (1926), Bohm (1926) and Leriche (1942); to Carchariidae by Jordan (1963); to Odontaspinae by Herman (1977); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontaspidae by Casier (1946), Cappetta and Case (1975), Adegoke (1977), Ciobanu (1977), Case (1978), Case (1979), Case (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Martin and Crame (2006), Bogan and Agnolin (2010) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Odontaspididae by Casier (1958), Heinrich (1969), Itoigawa (1977), Squires (1984), Case et al. (1990), Long (1992), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Mors et al. (2000), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Cappetta and Nolf (2005), Kocsis (2007), Otero et al. (2013), Bice and Shimada (2016), Hoganson et al. (2019), Cantalice et al. (2019), Villafaña et al. (2020) and Popov et al. (2024).
It was reranked as Lamna (Odontaspis) by Agassiz (1843) and Gibbes (1847); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Lamna by Agassiz (1843) and Gibbes (1847); to Carcharidae by Weiler (1938); to Lamnidae by Davis (1888), Woodward (1889), Alessandri (1896), Ameghino (1901), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Eastman (1904), Stromer (1910), Chapman (1918), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1926), White (1926), Bohm (1926) and Leriche (1942); to Carchariidae by Jordan (1963); to Odontaspinae by Herman (1977); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontaspidae by Casier (1946), Cappetta and Case (1975), Adegoke (1977), Ciobanu (1977), Case (1978), Case (1979), Case (1981), Bendix-Almgreen (1983), Martin and Crame (2006), Bogan and Agnolin (2010) and Ebersole et al. (2019); and to Odontaspididae by Casier (1958), Heinrich (1969), Itoigawa (1977), Squires (1984), Case et al. (1990), Long (1992), Cappetta and Corral (1999), Mors et al. (2000), Purdy et al. (2001), Compagno (2005), Cappetta and Nolf (2005), Kocsis (2007), Otero et al. (2013), Bice and Shimada (2016), Hoganson et al. (2019), Cantalice et al. (2019), Villafaña et al. (2020) and Popov et al. (2024).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1838 | Odontaspis Agassiz p. 87 |
1843 | Lamna (Odontaspis) Agassiz p. 288 |
1847 | Lamna (Odontaspis) Gibbes p. 197 |
1888 | Odontaspis Davis p. 22 |
1889 | Odontaspis Woodward p. 353 |
1896 | Odontaspis Alessandri p. 720 |
1901 | Odontaspis Ameghino p. 82 |
1904 | Odontaspis Chapman and Pritchard p. 275 |
1904 | Odontaspis Eastman p. 78 |
1910 | Odontaspis Stromer p. 495 |
1918 | Odontaspis Chapman p. 10 |
1924 | Odontaspis Chapman and Cudmore p. 122 |
1926 | Odontaspis Bohm p. 76 |
1926 | Odontaspis Leriche p. 393 |
1926 | Odontaspis White p. 15 |
1938 | Odontaspis Weiler p. 8 |
1942 | Odontaspis Leriche p. 13 |
1946 | Odontaspis Casier p. 63 |
1958 | Odontaspis Casier p. 18 |
1963 | Odontaspis Jordan p. 599 |
1969 | Odontaspis Heinrich p. 47 |
1975 | Odontaspis Cappetta and Case p. 17 |
1977 | Odontaspis Adegoke p. 299 |
1977 | Odontaspis Ciobanu p. 43 |
1977 | Odontaspis Herman p. 165 |
1977 | Odontaspis Itoigawa p. 129 |
1978 | Odontaspis Case p. 190 |
1979 | Odontaspis Case p. 81 |
1981 | Odontaspis Case p. 59 |
1983 | Odontaspis Bendix-Almgreen p. 2 |
1984 | Odontaspis Squires p. 56 |
1990 | Odontaspis Case et al. p. 1085 |
1992 | Odontaspis Long p. 24 |
1999 | Odontaspis Cappetta and Corral p. 348 |
2000 | Odontaspis Mors et al. p. 151 |
2001 | Odontaspis Purdy et al. p. 104 |
2002 | Odontaspis Sepkoski |
2005 | Odontaspis Cappetta and Nolf p. 248 |
2005 | Odontaspis Compagno |
2006 | Odontaspis Martin and Crame p. 113 |
2007 | Odontaspis Kocsis p. 31 |
2010 | Odontaspis Bogan and Agnolin |
2013 | Odontaspis Otero et al. p. 18 figs. Fg.3: 11-15 |
2016 | Odontaspis Bice and Shimada p. 175 |
2019 | Odontaspis Cantalice et al. p. 431 |
2019 | Odontaspis Ebersole et al. p. 52 |
2019 | Odontaspis Hoganson et al. p. 24 |
2020 | Odontaspis Villafaña et al. |
2024 | Odontaspis Popov et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Odontaspis Agassiz 1838 [sand tiger shark]
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†Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia Agassiz 1843
†Odontaspis actutissima Agassiz 1843
†Odontaspis aculeatus Cappetta and Case 1975
†Odontaspis attenuata Davis 1888
†Odontaspis bicarinatus Williston 1900
†Odontaspis bronni Agassiz 1843
†Odontaspis ensiculata Davis 1888
†Odontaspis exigua Davis 1888
†Odontaspis exilis Leriche 1942
Odontaspis ferox Risso 1826
†Odontaspis heersensis Herman 1972
†Odontaspis incurva Davis 1888
†Odontaspis macrota Agassiz 1838
†Odontaspis macrota semistriata Leriche 1942
†Odontaspis molassica Probst 1879
†Odontaspis sanguinei Case 1978
†Odontaspis substriata Stromer 1910
†Odontaspis watinensis Cook et al. 2013
†Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 140.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 136.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 136.4 Ma
Collections (239 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Cretaceous | New Zealand (South Island) | Lamna incurva (204190) | |
Early/Lower Valanginian | Switzerland | Odontaspis studeri (2225) | |
Hauterivian | Switzerland | Odontaspis studeri (2198) | |
Barremian - Albian | Tunisia (Medinine) | Odontaspis sp. (166013) | |
Aptian | Japan (Iwate) | Odontaspis sp. (210764 210766) | |
Cenomanian - Turonian | Japan (Hokkaido) | Odontaspis sp. (210760) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Hokkaido) | Odontaspis sp. (161435) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Egypt (Matruh) | Odontaspis sp. (84550) | |
Middle Cenomanian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Odontaspis sp. (92399) | |
Turonian - Coniacian | USA (New Mexico) | Odontaspis sp. (56389) | |
Early/Lower Turonian | Canada (Alberta) | Odontaspis watinensis (136242) | |
Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Odontaspis watinensis (213387) | |
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Alabama) | Odontaspis sp. (90242) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Odontaspis sp. (215806) | |
Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Odontaspis sp. (124222) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Odontaspis aculeatus (88610) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Odontaspis cheethami, Odontaspis sanguinei (14472) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Odontaspis sanguinei (69150) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Odontaspis aculeatus (22640) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Hypotodus aculeatus (27570) |