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Araloselachus cuspidatus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae

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) and Case (1981); it was recombined as Carcharias cuspidatus by Nagao (1928), Rapp (1946), Kocsis (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009) and Kent (2018); it was recombined as Carcharias (Odontaspis) cuspidata by Zbyszewski and Moitinho D'Almeida (1950); it was recombined as Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata by Schultz (1968); 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) and Marsili et al. (2007); it was recombined as Sylvestrilamia cuspidata by Cappetta and Nolf (2005); it was recombined as Araloselachus cuspidata by Szabo et al. (2017); it was recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus by Reinecke and Radwanski (2015) and Villafaña et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lamna cuspidata Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 43-50
1843Lamna denticulata Agassiz figs. Pl 37a, figs 51-53
1843Lamna cuspidata Agassiz p. 290 figs. Figs. 43-50
1843Lamna denticulata Agassiz p. 291 figs. Plate 37a, Figs. 51-53
1847Lamna cuspidata Gibbes p. 197
1873Lamna cuspidata Leidy p. 304
1889Odontaspis cuspidata Woodward p. 368
1901Odontaspis cuspidata Eastman p. 105 figs. Figs. 1a, 1b, 6a, 6b
1902Lamna cuspidata Hay p. 302
1904Odontaspis cuspidata Chapman and Pritchard p. 276
1904Odontaspis cuspidata Eastman p. 78
1910Odontaspis cuspidata Stromer p. 495
1924Odontaspis cuspidata Chapman and Cudmore p. 125
1926Lamna cuspidata Leriche p. 462
1928Carcharias cuspidatus Nagao p. 125
1942Odontaspis cuspidata Leriche p. 28
1946Carcharias cuspidatus Rapp p. 510
1950Carcharias (Odontaspis) cuspidata Zbyszewski and Moitinho D'Almeida p. 316 figs. Plate 1, Figs 6, 7
1968Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) cuspidata Schultz p. 76 figs. Plate 1, Figs 13, 14, 19-21
1977Odontaspis cuspidata Ciobanu p. 43
1981Odontaspis cuspidata Case p. 60
1987Synodontaspis cuspidata Cappetta p. 90
1998Carcharias cuspidata Purdy p. 133 figs. Plate 1, Figure 1
2001Carcharias cuspidata Purdy et al. p. 102
2003Carcharias cuspidata Antunes and Balbino p. 142
2005Sylvestrilamia cuspidata Cappetta and Nolf p. 250
2007Carcharias cuspidatus Kocsis p. 32
2007Carcharias cuspidata Marsili et al. p. 34
2009Carcharias cuspidatus Cicimurri and Knight p. 631
2015Araloselachus cuspidatus Reinecke and Radwanski p. 8
2017Araloselachus cuspidata Szabo et al.
2018Carcharias cuspidatus Kent p. 63
2020Araloselachus cuspidatus Villafaña et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOdontaspididaeMüller and Henle 1839
genusAraloselachusGlikman 1964
speciescuspidatus()

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.

Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843
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Invalid names: Lamna denticulata Agassiz 1843 [synonym]
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Lamna cuspidata (127182)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Delaware) Lamna cuspidata (127191)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Maryland) Lamna cuspidata (127192 127193 127194)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Odontaspis cuspidata (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Lamna cuspidata (70129)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Odontaspis cuspidata (84051)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Odontaspis cuspidata (124191 127180)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Togo (Maritime) Odontaspis cuspidata (167948)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Odontaspis cuspidata (126867)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Odontaspis cuspidata (55255)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Odontaspis cuspidata (127179)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Australia (South Australia) Carcharias cuspidatus (159894)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Carcharias cuspidata (209371) Carcharias cuspidatus (209370)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Japan Lamna cuspidata (179899)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Odontaspis cuspidata (42641 42644)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Germany Lamna cuspidata (46086)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania (Cluj-Napoca) Lamna cuspidata (221117)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Carcharias cuspidatus (159895 159896)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Odontaspis cuspidata (73434)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France Carcharias cuspidata (69805)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands Odontaspis cuspidata (87250)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands (Winterswijik) Odontaspis cuspidata (87248)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Odontaspis cuspidata (50344 187379)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Carcharias cuspidatus (68021)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Carcharias cuspidatus (95898)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Hungary Odontaspis cuspidata (124377)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Odontaspis cuspidata (122382)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany Odontaspis cuspidata (57119)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Carcharias cuspidatus (97550)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Austria Odontaspis cuspidata (76129)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy Odontaspis cuspidata (47623)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Australia (Tasmania) Odontaspis cuspidata (28307)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Hungary (Esztergom) Araloselachus cuspidatus (186636)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Odontaspis cuspidata (71660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) Carcharias cuspidatus (159910)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Slovakia Synodontaspis cuspidata (47461)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Carcharias cuspidatus (70338)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Carcharias cuspidata (48887)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Australia (South Australia) Carcharias cuspidatus (159887)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) Carcharias cuspidatus (159888)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Carcharias cuspidata (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia Lamna cuspidata (48642)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Araloselachus cuspidatus (210593)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Odontaspis cuspidata (36628)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Lamna cuspidata (18587)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Carcharias cuspidata (70814)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Hungary Carcharias cuspidatus (210623)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Carcharias cuspidatus (49102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria (Plesching bei Linz) Odontaspis cuspidata (159375)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Odontaspis cuspidata (18518)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Odontaspis cuspidata (48884)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Carcharias cuspidata (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Odontaspis cuspidata (31326)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Odontaspis cuspidata (122377)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Touraine) Araloselachus cuspidatus (161611)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Portugal (Penedo) Araloselachus cuspidatus (161620)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria Carcharias cuspidatus (51002)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Carcharias cuspidata (65912)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Odontaspis cuspidata (161445)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62France (Gironde) Araloselachus cuspidatus (161524 161525 161527)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Austria (Styria) Carcharias cuspidata (161908)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Lamna cuspidata, Lamna denticulata (55396) Odontaspis cuspidata (57782)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Carcharias cuspidatus (58983)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia (Bratislava) Odontaspis cuspidata, Carcharias cuspidatus (161996)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Odontaspis cuspidata (162017)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Carcharias cuspidatus (161993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany Carcharias cuspidata (162719)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Poland Odontaspis cuspidata (121515)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Balearic Islands) Odontaspis cuspidata (162702 162703 162704 162713 162714 162715)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands Odontaspis cuspidata (53889)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Odontaspis cuspidata (18556)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal Carcharias cuspidata (91423)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Odontaspis cuspidata (46167)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal Carcharias cuspidata (65954)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Carcharias cuspidata (52582)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Odontaspis cuspidata (53926 213136 213138)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Taiwan (Tainan) Carcharias cuspidatus (76844)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Odontaspis cuspidata (80231)