Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combination: Odontaspis samhammeri

Synonym: Carcharias heathi Case and Cappetta 1997

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Contribution a l'étude des sélaciens du Groupe Monmouth (Campanien-Maestrichtian) du New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 151:1-46

Belongs to Carcharias according to L. Nelson et al. 2025

See also Becker et al. 2004, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Case and Cappetta 1997, Case and Cappetta 2004, Case et al. 2017, Cook et al. 2017, Corral et al. 2016, Cuny et al. 2012, Hoganson et al. 2019 and Retzler et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Aprion), Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias cuspidatus, Carcharias divergens, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias ensiculatus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias khderii, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias sternbergensis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tingitana, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias vincenti, Carcharias virgatulus, Carcharias vorax

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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