Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Alternative combinations: Araloselachus cuspidata, Araloselachus cuspidatus, Carcharias (Odontaspis) cuspidata, Carcharias cuspidata, Lamna cuspidata, Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata, Odontaspis cuspidata, Sylvestrilamia cuspidata, Synodontaspis cuspidata
Synonym: Lamna denticulata Agassiz 1843
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, Baut and Génault 1999, Cappetta 1973, Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Case 1981, Chapman and Cudmore 1924, Chapman and Pritchard 1904, Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ciobanu 1977, Cook et al. 2010, Dartevelle and Casier 1943, Eastman 1904, Gibbes 1847, Gille et al. 2010, Hay 1902, Kent 2018, Kocsis 2007, Landau et al. 2025, Landini et al. 2017, Leidy 1873, Leriche 1926, Leriche 1942, Marsili et al. 2007, Nagao 1928, Nolf 1988, Pledge 1967, Purdy et al. 2001, Rapp 1946, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Stromer 1910, Suarez et al. 2006, Szabo et al. 2017, Villafaña et al. 2020 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Carcharias (Aprion), Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, 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
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Taiwan (1 collection), United States (1: Georgia)
• Pliocene of Argentina (3), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (6), Austria (4), Chile (2), Czechia (1), Egypt (1), France (6), Germany (4), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), Peru (1), Poland (2), Portugal (6), Slovakia (4), Spain (6), United States (9: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (4), France (1), Germany (5), Hungary (1), the Netherlands (2), Romania (2), United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina)
• Eocene of Australia (3), Germany (1), Japan (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Togo (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Georgia, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Togo (1), United States (5: Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Delaware, Maryland)
Total: 111 collections including 114 occurrences
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