Carcharias hardingi Cappetta and Case 1975 (sand shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

Alternative combinations: Odontaspis hardingi, Synodontaspis hardingi

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Contribution a l'étude des sélaciens du Groupe Monmouth (Campanien-Maestrichtian) du New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 151:1-46

Belongs to Carcharias according to G. R. Case and H. Cappetta 2004

See also Cappetta and Case 1975 and Peng et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Carcharias (Aprion), Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias cuspidatus, Carcharias divergens, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias ensiculatus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, 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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (7: New Jersey)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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