Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Alternative spelling: Odontaspidae
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to S. Bogan and F. L. Agnolin 2010
See also Adegoke 1977, Antunes and Balbino 2003, Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Biddle 1993, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Case 1978, Case 1979, Case 1981, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cassier 1966, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Compagno 2005, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Herman 1977, Kent 2018, Long 1992, Long and Stilwell 2000, Marsili et al. 2007, Martin and Crame 2006, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Nelson et al. 2016, Peng et al. 2001, Popov et al. 2025, Purdy et al. 2001, Squires 1984, Szabo et al. 2017, Tabuce et al. 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood 2006, Verma 2024 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Acutalamna, Alopiidae, Anacoracidae, Aquilolamnidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Haimirichiidae, Hybodus dispar, Lamna (Odontaspis) ornata, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Mitsukurinidae, Orthodon, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Paraisuridae, Pseudisurus, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudocoracidae, Pseudoisurus tomosus, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae, Ptychodontidae, Serratolamnidae, Truyolsodontidae
Subtaxa: Araloselachus Brachycarcharias Cenocarcharias Eostriatolamia Glueckmanotodus Hispidaspis Hypotodus Jaekelotodus Johnlonginae Lamninae Mennerotodus Microcarcharias Odontaspinae Odontaspis Orpodon Palaeohypotodus Pseudodontaspis Pueblocarcharias Scyllium gracilis Scyllium planidens Sylvestrilamia Synodontaspis Tethylamna
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (6), Belgium (1), Denmark (2), France (4), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Japan (6), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (5), Peru (1), Slovakia (2), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (2), United States (10: California, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (4), Germany (1), Japan (4), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (4), Pakistan (1), United States (4: California, Florida, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Argentina (2), Australia (1), Barbados (4), Canada (1: Northwest Territory), Chile (1), Egypt (9), France (1), Germany (1), India (2), Italy (3), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (6), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (9), Senegal (2), Togo (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (37), United States (35: Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington), Uzbekistan (3), Western Sahara (1)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Dannevirke of New Zealand (1)
• Cenozoic of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Denmark (4), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (7), Niger (1), Nigeria (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Sweden (2), Togo (3), United States (19: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Dakota, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Canada (8: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Chile (2), Egypt (4), France (20), Germany (5), India (2), Japan (4), Jordan (2), Kazakhstan (3), Lithuania (9), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (4), the Russian Federation (16), Spain (3), Switzerland (8), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (7), the United Kingdom (6), United States (76: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)
Total: 446 collections including 686 occurrences