Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) divergens Solt 1988 (sand tiger shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Full reference: P. Solt. 1988. Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) divergens n. sp. a Csillagyhegyi Oligocénből. A Magyar Állami Földtani Intézet Évi Jelentése 1986:519-533

Belongs to Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) according to P. Solt 1988

Sister taxa: Synodontaspis atlasi, Synodontaspis teretidens

Type specimen: MAPI Paleovertebrate Collection V 14 636, a skeleton. Its type locality is Csillaghegy Brickyard, which is in a Rupelian deep-water claystone in the Tard Clay Formation of Hungary.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Csillaghegy Brickyard

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