Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative spellings: Lamna (Odontaspis), Scapanorhynchus (Odontaspis)
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140
Parent taxon: Odontaspididae according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Adegoke 1977, Agassiz 1843, Alessandri 1896, Ameghino 1901, Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bogan and Agnolin 2010, Bohm 1926, Cantalice et al. 2019, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case 1981, Case et al. 1990, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Chapman 1918, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Ciobanu 1977, Compagno 2005, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Davis 1888, Eastman 1904, Ebersole et al. 2019, Gibbes 1847, Goedert et al. 2024, Hay 1902, Heinrich 1969, Herman 1977, Itoigawa 1977, Jordan 1963, Kocsis 2007, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Long 1992, Martin and Crame 2006, Mors et al. 2000, Otero et al. 2013, Popov et al. 2025, Priem 1896, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984, Stromer 1910, Villafaña et al. 2020, Weiler 1938, White 1926 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Hispidaspis, Hypotodus, Jaekelotodus, Johnlonginae, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Microcarcharias, Odontaspinae, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Pueblocarcharias, Scyllium gracilis, Scyllium planidens, Sylvestrilamia, Synodontaspis, Tethylamna, Turania
Subtaxa: Odontaspis (Odontaspis) Odontaspis actutissima Odontaspis aculeatus Odontaspis attenuata Odontaspis bicarinatus Odontaspis bronni Odontaspis exigua Odontaspis exilis Odontaspis ferox Odontaspis incurva Odontaspis macrota Odontaspis molassica Odontaspis sanguinei Odontaspis speyeri Odontaspis substriata Odontaspis tricuspidatus Odontaspis watinensis Odontaspis winkleri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (7), Chile (3), Denmark (2), France (5), Germany (1), Hungary (2), India (1), Japan (2), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (4), Portugal (1), Slovakia (2), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (2), United States (9: California, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (5), Belgium (1), Japan (5), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (4), United States (5: California, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of Angola (4), Antarctica (4), Argentina (2), Australia (5), Barbados (3), Belgium (7), Canada (1: Northwest Territory), Chile (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (4), Germany (1), India (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (3), Panama (1), Poland (1), Qatar (2), the Russian Federation (6), Spain (1), Togo (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (36), United States (22: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Uzbekistan (3)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Angola (5), France (2)
• Paleocene of Angola (17), the Congo-Kinshasa (5), Denmark (2), France (5), Morocco (3), New Zealand (6), Niger (1), Nigeria (2), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sweden (2), Togo (2), United States (17: Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Dannevirke of New Zealand (1)
• Cenozoic of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (7: Alberta), Chile (1), Egypt (1), Germany (3), Japan (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), United States (46: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 340 collections including 392 occurrences
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