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Hispidaspis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Taxonomy
Hispidaspis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontaspididae by Jambura et al. (2024).

Species
H. gigas, H. horridus
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. lasuri
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-08-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hispidaspis Sepkoski
2024Hispidaspis Jambura et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOdontaspididaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusHispidaspis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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†Hispidaspis gigas Woodward 1889
†Hispidaspis horridus Sokolov 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Bartonian or 106.30000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Lithuania Odontaspis gigas (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Kazakhstan H. lasuri (175010)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Odontaspis gigas (90732 213719 213720 213721)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Kazakhstan H. sp. (210282)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Belgium (Namur) Scapanorhynchus gigas (51518)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) H. horridus, H. gigas (232890)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Kazakhstan H. sp. (241395)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Scapanorhynchus gigas (36256)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07China (Xinjiang) H. gigas (278051 278052)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71China (Xinjiang) H. gigas (278019 278049)