Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Alternative combinations: Carcharias (Odontaspis) taurus, Odontaspis taurus
Belongs to Carcharias according to A. Baldanza et al. 2025
See also Antunes 1978, Antunes et al. 1981, Arambourg 1927, Biddle 1993, Cappetta and Cavallo 2006, Cappetta and Nolf 2005, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Cigala Fulgosi et al. 2009, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Everaert et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Hovestadt 2020, Kent 2018, Landini et al. 2017, Lin et al. 2022, Maisch IV et al. 2018, Maisch IV et al. 2025, Marramà et al. 2026, Marsili et al. 2007, Mas 2010, Purdy et al. 2001, Ralte et al. 2011, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea 2003 and Villafaña et al. 2019
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 hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias samhammeri, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias steineri, Carcharias sternbergensis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tingitana, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias vincenti, Carcharias virgatulus, Carcharias vorax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), France (1), Italy (1), Taiwan (1), United States (7: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Italy (3), Libya (1), North Atlantic (2), South Africa (1), Spain (5), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Angola (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Angola (2), Argentina (1), Australia (4), Belgium (2), Chile (1), Cuba (1), Grenada (1), India (1), Malta (5), Peru (4), Poland (1), Portugal (6), Spain (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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