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Odontaspididae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63010	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63010

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
class	Chondrichthyes	Huxley 1880
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii
-	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
-	Selachii
superorder	Galeomorphi
order	Lamniformes	Berg 1958
family	Odontaspididae	Müller and Henle 1839

Common Name

sand tiger shark

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Lamniformes	stated without evidence	Cassier, 1966
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Odontaspidoidea	stated without evidence	Herman, 1975
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Orectoloboidei	stated without evidence	Case, 1978
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Euselachii	stated without evidence	Case, 1979
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Galeoidea	stated without evidence	Thurmond and Jones, 1981
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Isuroidei	stated without evidence	Case, 1981
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Lamniformes	stated without evidence	Bendix-Almgreen, 1983
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Squatinoidei	stated without evidence	Case and Schwimmer, 1988
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Orectolobiformes	stated without evidence	Long, 1992
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Lamniformes	stated without evidence	Biddle, 1993
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Chondrichthyes	stated without evidence	Purdy et al., 2001
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Lamniformes	stated without evidence	Peng et al., 2001
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Lamniformes	stated with evidence	Compagno, 2005
Odontaspididae	family	belongs to Lamniformes	stated without evidence	Tabuce et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (6.1%)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Lamniformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Lamniformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. R. Case. 1978. A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(Lfg. 1-6):176-205

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lamninae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Odontaspinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		22	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Araloselachus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		6	33.9 Ma Oligocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Brachycarcharias ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		24	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	37.2 Ma Eocene
Carcharias genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Sand Shark	305	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Carcharoides ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		17	33.9 Ma Oligocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Cenocarcharias genus	listed (PBDB)		3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eostriatolamia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		3	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Glueckmanotodus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Hypotodus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		43	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	38.0 Ma Eocene
Mennerotodus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Odontaspis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Sand Tiger Shark	355	145 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Orpodon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Palaeohypotodus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		16	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pseudodontaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	55.8 Ma Eocene
Sylvestrilamia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Tethylamna ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1839	Odontaspididae Müller and Henle
1966	Odontaspidae Cassier p. 68
1975	Odontaspidae Herman p. 165
1978	Odontaspidae Case p. 189
1979	Odontaspidae Case p. 81
1981	Odontaspidae Case p. 59
1981	Odontaspidae Thurmond and Jones p. 45
1983	Odontaspidae Bendix-Almgreen p. 2
1984	Odontaspididae Squires p. 56
1988	Odontaspidae Case and Schwimmer p. 294
1992	Odontaspididae Long p. 24
1993	Odontaspididae Biddle p. 203
1993	Odontaspididae Cvancara and Hoganson p. 8

Year	Name and Author
2000	Odontaspididae Long and Stilwell p. 349
2001	Odontaspididae Peng et al. p. 5
2001	Odontaspididae Purdy et al. p. 101
2003	Odontaspididae Antunes and Balbino p. 142
2005	Odontaspididae Compagno
2005	Odontaspidae Tabuce et al. p. 385
2006	Odontaspidae Underwood p. 234
2007	Odontaspididae Marsili et al. p. 30
2009	Odontaspididae Cicimurri and Knight p. 631
2017	Odontaspididae Szabo et al.
2018	Odontaspididae Kent p. 63
2019	Odontaspididae Ebersole et al. p. 37

References

Case G. R. (1978) A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160 Lfg. 1-6, 176-205

Cassier F. C. (1966) Faune Ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-496

Herman J. (1975) Les Selaciens de sterrains neocretaces and paleocenes de Belgique and des contrees limitrophes Elements d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale, Memoires pour servier a l'explications des Cartes geologiques et minieres de la Belgique 15, 1-401

Case G. R. (1979) Cretaceous selachians from the Peedee Formation (Late Maestrichtian) of Duplin County, North Carolina, Brimleyana 2, 77-89

Case G. R. (1981) Late Eocene Selachians from South-Central Georgia, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 176 Lfg. 1-3, 52-79

Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244

Bendix-Almgreen S. E. (1983) Carcharodon megalodon from the Upper Miocene of Denmark, with comments on elasmobranch tooth enameloid: coronoi'n, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 32, 1-32

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Case G. R., Schwimmer D. R. (1988) Late Cretaceous Fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in Western Georgia, Journal of Paleontology 62 2, 290-301

Long D. J. (1992) Sharks from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 1, 11-32

Biddle J. P. (1993) Les Elasmobranches de l'Albien inferieur et moyen (Cretace inferieur) de la Marne et de la Haute-Marne (France), Belgian Geological Survey 264, 191-240

Cvancara A. M., Hoganson J. W. (1993) Vertebrates of the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) in North and South Dakota, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13 1, 1-23

Long D. J., Stilwell J. D. (2000) Fish remains from the Eocene of Mount Discovery, East Antarctica, Paleobiology and Paleoenvironments of Eocene Rocks, McMurdo Sound, East Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 76, 349-353

Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54

Purdy R. W., Schneider V. P., et al (2001) The Neogene sharks, rays, and bony fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 71-202

Antunes M. T., Balbino A. C. (2003) Uppermost Miocene Lamniform Selachians (Pisces) from the Alvalade basin (Portugal), Ciencias da Terra 15, 141-154

Compagno L. V. (2005) Chapter 16. Checklist of living Chondrichthyes, Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Chondrichthyes: Sharks, Batoids and Chimaeras, 503-548

Tabuce R., Adnet S., et al (2005) Aznag (bassin d'Ouarzazate, Maroc), nouvelle localite a selaciens et mammiferes de l'Eocene moyen (Lutetien) d'Afrique, Bulletin de la societe Geologique du France 2005 176, 381-400

Underwood C. J. (2006) Diversification of the Neoselachii (Chondrichthyes) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, Paleobiology 32 2, 215-235

Marsili S., Carnevale G., et al (2007) Early Miocene vertebrates from Montagna della Maiella, Italy, Annales de Paleontologie 93, 27-66

Cicimurri D. J., Knight J. L. (2009) Late Oligocene sharks and rays from the Chandler Bridge Formation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 4, 627-647

Szabo M., Botfalvai G., et al (2017) Upper Oligocene marine fishes from nearshore deposits of the Central Paratethys (Máriahalom, Hungary), Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments doi:10.1007/s12549-017-0285-0

Kent B. W. (2018) The Cartilaginous Fishes (Chimaeras, Sharks, and Rays) of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 100, 45-160

Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585

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