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Hispidaspis gigas

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Taxonomy
Scapanorhynchus gigas was named by Woodward (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH 46362, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Hispidaspis.

It was recombined as Odontaspis gigas by Dalinkevičius (1935); it was recombined as Hispidaspis gigas by Jambura et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Scapanorhynchus gigas Woodward p. 358
1935Odontaspis gigas Dalinkevičius p. 270 figs. Pl 4, figs 102,103
2024Hispidaspis gigas Jambura et al. p. 20 figs. 10S-W

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOdontaspididaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusHispidaspis
speciesgigas()

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.

Hispidaspis gigas Woodward 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Santonian or 105.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Lithuania Odontaspis gigas (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lithuania Odontaspis gigas (90732 213719 213720 213721)
Senonian - Maastrichtian89.3 - 66.0Jordan Scapanorhynchus gigas (36256)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Hispidaspis gigas (232890)