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Odontaspis (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Odontaspis Agassiz p. 87
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) Agassiz p. 288
1847Lamna (Odontaspis) Gibbes p. 197
1888Odontaspis Davis p. 22
1889Odontaspis Woodward p. 353
1896Odontaspis Alessandri p. 720
1901Odontaspis Ameghino p. 82
1904Odontaspis Chapman and Pritchard p. 275
1904Odontaspis Eastman p. 78
1910Odontaspis Stromer p. 495
1918Odontaspis Chapman p. 10
1924Odontaspis Chapman and Cudmore p. 122
1926Odontaspis Bohm p. 76
1926Odontaspis Leriche p. 393
1926Odontaspis White p. 15
1938Odontaspis Weiler p. 8
1942Odontaspis Leriche p. 13
1946Odontaspis Casier p. 63
1958Odontaspis Casier p. 18
1963Odontaspis Jordan p. 599
1969Odontaspis Heinrich p. 47
1975Odontaspis Cappetta and Case p. 17
1977Odontaspis Adegoke p. 299
1977Odontaspis Ciobanu p. 43
1977Odontaspis Herman p. 165
1977Odontaspis Itoigawa p. 129
1978Odontaspis Case p. 190
1979Odontaspis Case p. 81
1981Odontaspis Case p. 59
1983Odontaspis Bendix-Almgreen p. 2
1984Odontaspis Squires p. 56
1990Odontaspis Case et al. p. 1085
1992Odontaspis Long p. 24
1999Odontaspis Cappetta and Corral p. 348
2000Odontaspis Mors et al. p. 151
2001Odontaspis Purdy et al. p. 104
2002Odontaspis Sepkoski
2005Odontaspis Cappetta and Nolf p. 248
2005Odontaspis Compagno
2006Odontaspis Martin and Crame p. 113
2007Odontaspis Kocsis p. 31
2010Odontaspis Bogan and Agnolin
2013Odontaspis Otero et al. p. 18 figs. Fg.3: 11-15
2016Odontaspis Bice and Shimada p. 175
2019Odontaspis Cantalice et al. p. 431
2019Odontaspis Ebersole et al. p. 52
2019Odontaspis Hoganson et al. p. 24
2020Odontaspis Villafaña et al.

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

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 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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

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

Collections (194 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0New Zealand (South Island) Lamna incurva (204190)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland Odontaspis studeri (2225)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Odontaspis studeri (2198)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Tunisia (Medinine) Odontaspis sp. (166013)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Odontaspis sp. (210764 210766)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) Odontaspis sp. (210760)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Hokkaido) Odontaspis sp. (161435)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Matruh) Odontaspis sp. (84550)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation (Volgograd) Odontaspis sp. (92399)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3USA (New Mexico) Odontaspis sp. (56389)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Odontaspis watinensis (136242)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Kansas) Odontaspis watinensis (213387)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5USA (Alabama) Odontaspis sp. (90242)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) Odontaspis sp. (215806)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (New Jersey) Odontaspis sp. (124222)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Odontaspis aculeatus (88610)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Odontaspis sp. (32181)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Odontaspis sanguinei (69150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Odontaspis aculeatus (22640)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Odontaspis cheathami, Odontaspis steineri (70269 70451 70453 70455 70488 70499 70501) Odontaspis steineri (70253 70268 70454 70489 70490 70500)