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Haimirichia amonensis

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Haimirichiidae

Taxonomy
Odontaspis amonensis 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 synonymized subjectively with Carcharoides planidens by Werner (1989); it was recombined as Carcharias amonensis by Cappetta and Case (1999), Cicimurri (2001), Case (2001), Shimada et al. (2006), Shimada and Martin (2008); it was recombined as Haimirichia amonensis by Vullo et al. (2016), Juranek and Shimada (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Galeocerdo tremauxi Sauvage p. 458 figs. Pl 13, fig 2
1975Odontaspis amonensis Cappetta and Case p. 306 fig. 4
1999Carcharias amonensis Cappetta and Case p. 17 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-16
2001Carcharias amonensis Case p. 107 figs. Pl 2, figs 5,7
2001Carcharias amonensis Cicimurri p. 188 figs. 5k-p
2006Carcharias amonensis Shimada et al. p. 11 figs. 9.1, 9.2
2007Carcharias tremauxi Cahuzac et al. p. 20
2008Carcharias amonensis Shimada and Martin p. 92 fig. 5F,G
2016Haimirichia amonensis Vullo et al. p. 1005 figs. 1-8,9B
2025Haimirichia amonensis Juranek and Shimada p. 10 fig. 4D,E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyHaimirichiidae
genusHaimirichia
speciesamonensis()

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.

Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975
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Invalid names: Galeocerdo tremauxi Sauvage 1880 [replaced]
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charente) Carcharias amonensis (161752)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya (Awbari) Carcharoides sp. (45725)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Carcharias amonensis (73862 73863 77229 77230 77232 77233)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain (Asturias) Carcharias amonensis (98396)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) Carcharias amonensis (61819)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Carcharias amonensis (88991)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Er Rachida) Haimirichia amonensis (213630)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Odontaspis amonensis (213298)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Carcharias amonensis (59819)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Carcharias amonensis (213414 213417 213418 213419)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Carcharias amonensis (35429)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Nebraska) Carcharias amonensis (213308 213401) Haimirichia amonensis (239336)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (South Dakota) Carcharias amonensis (241419 241422 241423 241425 241426)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Carcharias amonensis (94538)