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Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Taxonomy
Odontaspis tenuiplicatus was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amon Carter Airfield (ACA), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Lewisville Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Carcharias tenuiplicatus by Shimada et al. (2006), Shimada and Martin (2008), Hoganson et al. (2019); it was recombined as Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus by Maisch et al. (2021); it was recombined as Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus by Cappetta and Case (1999), Vullo et al. (2007), Juranek and Shimada (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Odontaspis tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case p. 304 fig. 3
1999Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case p. 17 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-7
2006Carcharias tenuiplicatus Shimada et al. p. 13 figs. 9.5, 9.6
2007Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus Vullo et al. p. 108
2008Carcharias tenuiplicatus Shimada and Martin p. 92 fig. 5I
2019Carcharias tenuiplicatus Hoganson et al. p. 22 figs. 7.47, 7.48
2021Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus Maisch et al. pp. 8, 14 figs. 6U-Aa
2025Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus Juranek and Shimada p. 7 fig. 4A

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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
genusCenocarcharias
speciestenuiplicatus()

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.

Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case 1975
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus (73862 77229 77230 77232 77233)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Carcharias tenuiplicatus (213414 213416 213418 213419)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus (61819)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Odontaspis tenuiplicatus (213298)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Carcharias tenuiplicatus (35429) Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus (213403)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Carcharias tenuiplicatus (94538)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) Cenocarcharias tenuiplicatus (239336) Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus (213308)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (New Mexico) Eostriatolamia tenuiplicatus (221290)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Carcharias tenuiplicatus (213580 213582 213589)