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Carcharias cuspidatus
Taxonomy
Lamna cuspidata was named by Agassiz (1843).
It was recombined as Odontaspis cuspidata by Woodward (1889), Eastman (1901), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Eastman (1904), Stromer (1910), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1942), Ciobanu (1977), Case (1981); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata by Dartevelle and Casier (1943) and Schultz (1968); it was recombined as Carcharias (Odontaspis) cuspidata by Zbyszewski and Moitinho D'Almeida (1950); it was recombined as Synodontaspis cuspidata by Cappetta (1987); it was recombined as Carcharias cuspidata by Purdy (1998), Purdy et al. (2001), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Marsili et al. (2007); it was recombined as Sylvestrilamia cuspidata by Cappetta and Nolf (2005); it was recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus by Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Villafaña et al. (2020); it was recombined as Araloselachus cuspidata by Szabo et al. (2017); it was recombined as Carcharias cuspidatus by Nagao (1928), Rapp (1946), Kocsis (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Kent (2018), Landau et al. (2025), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was recombined as Odontaspis cuspidata by Woodward (1889), Eastman (1901), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Eastman (1904), Stromer (1910), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1942), Ciobanu (1977), Case (1981); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata by Dartevelle and Casier (1943) and Schultz (1968); it was recombined as Carcharias (Odontaspis) cuspidata by Zbyszewski and Moitinho D'Almeida (1950); it was recombined as Synodontaspis cuspidata by Cappetta (1987); it was recombined as Carcharias cuspidata by Purdy (1998), Purdy et al. (2001), Antunes and Balbino (2003), Marsili et al. (2007); it was recombined as Sylvestrilamia cuspidata by Cappetta and Nolf (2005); it was recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus by Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Villafaña et al. (2020); it was recombined as Araloselachus cuspidata by Szabo et al. (2017); it was recombined as Carcharias cuspidatus by Nagao (1928), Rapp (1946), Kocsis (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Kent (2018), Landau et al. (2025), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Lamna cuspidata Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 43-50 |
| 1843 | Lamna denticulata Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 51-53 |
| 1843 | Lamna cuspidata Agassiz p. 290 figs. Figs. 43-50 |
| 1843 | Lamna denticulata Agassiz p. 291 figs. Plate 37a, Figs. 51-53 |
| 1847 | Lamna cuspidata Gibbes p. 197 |
| 1873 | Lamna cuspidata Leidy p. 304 |
| 1889 | Odontaspis cuspidata Woodward p. 368 |
| 1901 | Odontaspis cuspidata Eastman p. 105 figs. Figs. 1a, 1b, 6a, 6b |
| 1902 | Lamna cuspidata Hay p. 302 |
| 1904 | Odontaspis cuspidata Chapman and Pritchard p. 276 |
| 1904 | Odontaspis cuspidata Eastman p. 78 |
| 1910 | Odontaspis cuspidata Stromer p. 495 |
| 1924 | Odontaspis cuspidata Chapman and Cudmore p. 125 |
| 1926 | Lamna cuspidata Leriche p. 462 |
| 1928 | Carcharias cuspidatus Nagao p. 125 |
| 1942 | Odontaspis cuspidata Leriche p. 28 |
| 1943 | Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata Dartevelle and Casier p. 121 |
| 1946 | Carcharias cuspidatus Rapp p. 510 |
| 1950 | Carcharias (Odontaspis) cuspidata Zbyszewski and Moitinho D'Almeida p. 316 figs. Plate 1, Figs 6, 7 |
| 1968 | Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata Schultz p. 76 figs. Plate 1, Figs 13, 14, 19-21 |
| 1977 | Odontaspis cuspidata Ciobanu p. 43 |
| 1981 | Odontaspis cuspidata Case p. 60 |
| 1987 | Synodontaspis cuspidata Cappetta p. 90 |
| 1998 | Carcharias cuspidata Purdy p. 133 figs. Plate 1, Figure 1 |
| 2001 | Carcharias cuspidata Purdy et al. p. 102 |
| 2003 | Carcharias cuspidata Antunes and Balbino p. 142 |
| 2005 | Sylvestrilamia cuspidata Cappetta and Nolf p. 250 |
| 2007 | Carcharias cuspidatus Kocsis p. 32 |
| 2007 | Carcharias cuspidata Marsili et al. p. 34 |
| 2009 | Carcharias cuspidatus Cicimurri and Knight p. 631 |
| 2015 | Araloselachus cuspidatus Reinecke and Radwanski p. 8 |
| 2017 | Araloselachus cuspidata Szabo et al. |
| 2018 | Carcharias cuspidatus Kent p. 63 |
| 2020 | Araloselachus cuspidatus Villafaña et al. |
| 2025 | Carcharias cuspidatus Cicimurri et al. p. 13 |
| 2025 | Carcharias cuspidatus Landau et al. p. 13 |
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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.
†Carcharias cuspidatus Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Lamna denticulata Agassiz 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (98 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Maryland) | Lamna cuspidata (127182) | |
| Campanian | USA (Delaware) | Lamna cuspidata (127191) | |
| Campanian | USA (Maryland) | Lamna cuspidata (127192 127193 127194) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Odontaspis cuspidata (26819) | |
| Danian | USA (Illinois) | Lamna cuspidata (70129) | |
| Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Odontaspis cuspidata (84051) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Maryland) | Odontaspis cuspidata (126867) | |
| Thanetian | Togo | Odontaspis cuspidata (241194) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Maryland) | Odontaspis cuspidata (124191 127180) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Odontaspis cuspidata (55255) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Togo | Odontaspis cuspidata (241193) | |
| Eocene | USA (Virginia) | Odontaspis cuspidata (127179) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Carcharias cuspidata (209371) Carcharias cuspidatus (209370) | |
| Middle Eocene | Australia (South Australia) | Carcharias cuspidatus (159894) | |
| Bartonian | Japan | Lamna cuspidata (179899) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Odontaspis cuspidata (42641 42644) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Germany | Lamna cuspidata (46086) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (South Australia) | Carcharias cuspidatus (159895 159896) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Georgia) | Odontaspis cuspidata (73434) | |
| Priabonian | Romania (Cluj-Napoca) | Lamna cuspidata (221117) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Carcharias cuspidata (69805) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | Carcharias cuspidatus (95898) | |
| Rupelian | Hungary | Odontaspis cuspidata (124377) | |
| Rupelian | Netherlands (Winterswijik) | Odontaspis cuspidata (87248) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Carcharias cuspidatus (68021) | |
| Rupelian | Netherlands | Odontaspis cuspidata (87250) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | Odontaspis cuspidata (50344 187379) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Odontaspis cuspidata (122382) | |
| Chattian | Germany | Odontaspis cuspidata (57119) | |
| Chattian | USA (South Carolina) | Carcharias cuspidatus (97550) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | Carcharias cuspidatus (133111) | |
| Aquitanian | Italy | Odontaspis cuspidata (47623) | |
| Aquitanian | Austria | Odontaspis cuspidata (76129) | |
| Aquitanian | Australia (Tasmania) | Odontaspis cuspidata (28307) | |
| Aquitanian | Hungary (Esztergom) | Araloselachus cuspidatus (186636) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Slovakia | Synodontaspis cuspidata (47461) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany | Carcharias cuspidatus (70338) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (North Carolina) | Odontaspis cuspidata (71660) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Carcharias cuspidatus (159910) | |
| Aquitanian - Langhian | USA (North Carolina) | Carcharias cuspidata (48887) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Carcharias cuspidatus (159887) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | Araloselachus cuspidatus (210593) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | Carcharias cuspidata (18579) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Carcharias cuspidatus (49102) | |
| Burdigalian | Slovakia | Lamna cuspidata (48642) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | Carcharias cuspidata (70814) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Lamna cuspidata (18587) | |
| Burdigalian | Austria (Plesching bei Linz) | Odontaspis cuspidata (159375) | |
| Burdigalian | Hungary | Carcharias cuspidatus (210623) | |
| Burdigalian | Portugal (Lisbon) | Odontaspis cuspidata (36628) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (South Australia) | Carcharias cuspidatus (159888) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Odontaspis cuspidata (18518) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Odontaspis cuspidata (122377) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Odontaspis cuspidata (48884) | |
| Langhian | France (Aquitaine Region) | Odontaspis cuspidata (31326) | |
| Langhian | France (Touraine) | Araloselachus cuspidatus (161611) | |
| Langhian | Portugal (Penedo) | Araloselachus cuspidatus (161620) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Carcharias cuspidata (79793) | |
| MN 5 | Austria | Carcharias cuspidatus (51002) | |
| MN 5 - MN 6 | Portugal | Carcharias cuspidata (65912) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | Odontaspis cuspidata (161445) | |
| Badenian | Poland | Odontaspis cuspidata (162017) | |
| Badenian | Czechia (Mikulov) | Carcharias cuspidatus (161993) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Odontaspis cuspidata, Carcharias cuspidatus (161996) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Lamna cuspidata, Lamna denticulata (55396) Odontaspis cuspidata (57782) | |
| Serravallian | Slovakia (Bratislava) | Carcharias cuspidatus (58983) | |
| Serravallian | France (Gironde) | Araloselachus cuspidatus (161524 161525 161527) | |
| Serravallian | Austria (Styria) | Carcharias cuspidata (161908) | |
| Tortonian | Portugal | Carcharias cuspidatus (276004) | |
| Tortonian | Poland | Odontaspis cuspidata (121515) | |
| Tortonian | Germany | Carcharias cuspidata (162719) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Balearic Islands) | Odontaspis cuspidata (162702 162703 162704 162713 162714 162715) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Odontaspis cuspidata (53889) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Odontaspis cuspidata (18556) | |
| Messinian | Portugal | Carcharias cuspidata (91423) | |
| Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Odontaspis cuspidata (46167) | |
| MN 13 | Portugal | Carcharias cuspidata (65954) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Carcharias cuspidata (52582) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Odontaspis cuspidata (53926 213136 213138) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Taiwan (Tainan) | Carcharias cuspidatus (76844) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Odontaspis cuspidata (80231) |