Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Alternative combination: Odontaspis samhammeri
Synonym: Carcharias heathi Case and Cappetta 1997
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Contribution a l'étude des sélaciens du Groupe Monmouth (Campanien-Maestrichtian) du New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 151:1-46
Belongs to Carcharias according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Corral 1999, Case and Cappetta 2004, Corral et al. 2016 and Retzler et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Carcharias (Odontaspis), Carcharias aasenensis, Carcharias acutissima, Carcharias acutissimus, Carcharias acutus, Carcharias adneti, Carcharias clavata, Carcharias clavatus, Carcharias collata, Carcharias dominguei, Carcharias duplex, Carcharias eocaenus, Carcharias gibbesii, Carcharias gracilis, Carcharias gustrowensis, Carcharias hardingi, Carcharias holmdelensis, Carcharias hopei, Carcharias latus, Carcharias lomitae, Carcharias melanopterus, Carcharias ornatus, Carcharias polygyrus, Carcharias reticulata, Carcharias sanctaecrucis, Carcharias taurus, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias tenuis, Carcharias victoriae, Carcharias virgatulus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Israel (4 collections), Morocco (1), Spain (3), United States (52: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas)
Total: 60 collections including 61 occurrences
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