Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case 1975 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Alternative combinations: Carcharias tenuiplicatus, Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus, Odontaspis tenuiplicatus

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétacé du Texas. Geobios 8:303-307

Belongs to Cenocarcharias according to A. M. Salvino et al. 2025

See also Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case 2001, Cicimurri 2001, Cicimurri 2001, Hoganson et al. 2019, Juranek and Shimada 2025, Maisch et al. 2021, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006 and Vullo et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Cenocarcharias rochbrunei

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), United States (21: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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