Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case 1975 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Alternative combinations: Carcharias tenuiplicatus, Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus, Odontaspis tenuiplicatus

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

Belongs to Eostriatolamia according to H. M. Maisch et al. 2021

See also Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Hoganson et al. 2019, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006 and Vullo et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Eostriatolamia paucicorrugata, Eostriatolamia segedini, Eostriatolamia striatula, Eostriatolamia subulata, Eostriatolamia venusta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Amon Carter Airfield (ACA), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Lewisville Formation of Texas

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), United States (14: Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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