Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Alternative combinations: Lamna (Odontaspis) acutissima, Lamna acutissima, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima, Odontaspis acutissima, Synodontaspis acutissima
Synonyms: Carcharias dubius Agassiz 1843, Carcharias reticulata Probst 1879, Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia Agassiz 1843, Lamna (Odontaspis) reticulata Probst 1879, Lamna dubia Agassiz 1843, Synodontaspis reticulata Probst 1879
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Carcharias according to D. C. Hovestadt 2020
See also Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Antunes and Balbino 2003, Ávila et al. 2012, Baut and Génault 1999, Bengevoord 1973, Betancort et al. 2016, Brisswalter 2009, Cappetta 1973, Case 1981, Ciobanu 1977, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, de Ceuster 1987, Gille et al. 2010, Heinrich 1969, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Marsili 2007, Marsili et al. 2007, Mora Morote 1996, Nolf 1988, Pledge 1967, Pollerspöck and Beaury 2014, Purdy et al. 2001, Szabo et al. 2017, Vialle et al. 2011, Villafaña et al. 2020 and Weiler 1938
Sister taxa: Carcharias (Aprion), Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, 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 samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias sternbergensis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tingitana, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias vincenti, Carcharias virgatulus, Carcharias vorax
Subtaxa: Odontaspis acutissima vorax
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Spain (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Belgium (4), Czechia (1), France (2), Germany (6), Italy (1), Japan (2), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), Slovakia (3), Spain (5), United States (4: Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Angola (3), Belgium (10), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 71 collections including 76 occurrences
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