Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 (sand shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combinations: Lamna (Odontaspis) hopei, Lamna hopei, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) hopei, Odontaspis hopei, Synodontaspis hopei

Synonym: Odontaspis hopei atlantica Arambourg 1952

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Carcharias according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013

See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Alessandri 1896, Bassani 1880, Baut and Génault 1995, Bauzá and Gómez Pallerola 1988, Bor 1985, Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Cassier 1966, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Dutheil and Merle 1992, Gibbes 1847, Herman 1977 and Thurmond and Jones 1981

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Maryland collection)

• Eocene of Angola (5), Argentina (2), Barbados (1), Belgium (1), France (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (18), United States (11: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)

• Paleocene of Belgium (3), France (3), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2)

Total: 54 collections including 55 occurrences

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