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 (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias acutus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias collata, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias eocaenus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias khderii, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias melanopterus, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias reticulata, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias virgatulus
Type specimens:
- Carcharias holmdelensis: Its type locality is Willow Brook (WBR), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey
- Odontaspis cheathami: AMNH 12050, a tooth.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Israel (3 collections), United States (23: Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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