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Hypotodus verticalis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Taxonomy
Lamna (Odontaspis) verticalis was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was recombined as Lamna verticalis by Agassiz (1843), Leriche (1926), Cassier (1966); it was recombined as Carcharias verticalis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Odontaspis verticalis by Leriche (1942), White (1956), Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) verticalis by Casier (1946); it was recombined as Hypotodus verticalis by Cappetta and Nolf (2005), Ebersole et al. (2019), Popov and Lopyrev (2024), Popov et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. robusta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lamna verticalis Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 31,32
1843Lamna (Odontaspis) verticalis Agassiz p. 294 figs. Plate 37a, Fig. 31
1847Lamna (Odontaspis) verticalis Gibbes p. 198
1902Carcharias verticalis Hay p. 302
1926Lamna verticalis Leriche p. 463
1942Odontaspis verticalis Leriche p. 29
1946Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) verticalis Casier p. 70
1956Odontaspis verticalis White p. 131
1966Lamna verticalis Cassier p. 81
1981Odontaspis verticalis Thurmond and Jones p. 51
2005Hypotodus verticalis Cappetta and Nolf p. 244
2019Hypotodus verticalis Ebersole et al. p. 45
2024Hypotodus verticalis Popov and Lopyrev p. 787 figs. 4.A1-C2
2025Hypotodus verticalis Popov et al. p. 134 figs. 5I1-J2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOdontaspididaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusHypotodusJaekel 1895
speciesverticalis()

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.

†Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Odontaspis verticalis (84052)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Mississippi) Carcharias verticalis (62872)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Hypotodus verticalis (3260) Lamna verticalis (8050 13299 185913)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Saratov) Hypotodus verticalis (235736)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Lamna verticalis (160682)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Hypotodus verticalis (81179 209524)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation Hypotodus verticalis (234680 234684 234686 234687)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) Hypotodus verticalis (120885)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine Hypotodus verticalis (211009)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Hypotodus verticalis (13346 81238 209521)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Hypotodus verticalis (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany Hypotodus verticalis (121968)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Hypotodus verticalis (140018)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Hypotodus verticalis (45701)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Hypotodus verticalis (81266 176944)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Odontaspis verticalis (45637)