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Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

Taxonomy

Odontaspis vorax was named by le Hon (1871).

It was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax by Heinrich (1969); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax by Van Den Bosch (1969), Bengevoord (1973); it was synonymized subjectively with Carcharias acutissima by Marsili et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. abbatei, O. acutisima, O. borodini, O. cheethami, O. contoridens, O. hynei, O. irigonalis, O. littoralis, O. sahammeri, O. studeri, O. substriatus, O. volax, O. accutissima, O. acutissuma, Synodontaspis crassidens, Synodontaspis koeni, Synodontaspis vincenti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1871	Odontaspis vorax le Hon
1889	Odontaspis vorax Woodward p. 373
1969	Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) acutissima vorax Heinrich p. 47
1969	Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax Van Den Bosch p. 26 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 7-13
1973	Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax Bengevoord p. 78 figs. 8-11

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes
infraclass	Elasmobranchii	(Bonaparte 1838)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
superorder	Galeomorphii	Compagno 1973
order	Lamniformes	Berg 1958
family	Odontaspididae	Müller and Henle 1839
genus	Odontaspis	White 1931
subgenus	Synodontaspis
species	vorax	(le Hon 1871)

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.

†Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) vorax le Hon 1871

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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: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Netherlands	Odontaspis vorax (45505)
MN 5	15.98 - 13.82	Germany	Odontaspis vorax (46955)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Netherlands	Odontaspis vorax (53889)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Germany	Odontaspis acutissima (223566)