Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combinations: Odontaspis holmdelensis, Synodontaspis holmdelensis

Synonym: Odontaspis cheathami Case 1987

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 A. Retzler et al. 2013

See also Becker et al. 2006, Cappetta and Case 1975, Case 1987, Case and Cappetta 1997, Case and Cappetta 2004 and Case and Schwimmer 1988

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 hopei, Carcharias khderii, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias sternbergensis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tingitana, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias vincenti, Carcharias virgatulus, Carcharias vorax

Type specimens:

• Carcharias holmdelensis: Its type locality is Willow Brook (WBR), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey
• Odontaspis cheathami: AMNH 12050, a tooth.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

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