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Odontaspids
ver. 2.1

Order Lamniformes Berg 1958........

Family Odontaspidae Müller & Henle 1839

Table 1. Age & Species ( rough sketch )

Cretaceous

6 mm

Carcharias amonensis
cutting edge: complete, enameloid: smooth
Upper Cretaceous, Severn Formation, Maryland

7.5 mm

C. holmdelemsis
cutting edge: nearly complete, striate: strong
Maastrichtian,Taylor Mar. Hunt Co. TX



13 mm H

Carcharias sp.
striate: long
Upper Cretaceous, Lambert Formation Vancouver Island, Canada

10.2 mm H

Carcharias sp.
cutting edge: complete, striate: weak and short
Upper Cretaceous, Severn Formation, Maryland

5.2 mm H

Paleohypotodus bronni
cutting edge: complete, enameloid: wrincle on the labial base
Maastrichitian, Horizon of Lichtenburg, Sibbe, Holland

14 mm H

P. brokhe
cutting edge: complete, enameloid: smooth
Maastrichitian, Horizon of Lichtenburg, Sibbe, Holland



10.0 mm H

Paleohypotodus sp.
cutting edge: complete, enameloid: wrincle on the labial base
Maastrichtian, Maastrichtvillage, Enci site, Holland

Paleocene

10.0 mm H

Odontaspis sp.
cutting edge: complete, enameloid: smooth
Late Paleocene, Aquia Formation (Belvidere Beach), Virginia

11.0 mm H

Odontaspis elegans
enameloid: smooth
Aquia Formation, Liverpool Point

Carcharias hopei (parasymphyseal)
cutting edge: imcomplete, enameloid: smooth
Egem Sands, Egem village, Belgium,

A B
A; 11 mm H, B; 10.0 mm H

Striatolamia striata
A; cutting edge: nearly complete, striate: long
B; cutting edge: complete, striate: long
Middle Paleocene, Formation undetermined, Elincourt St. Marguerite, France

38 mm H

Striatolamia macrota
cutting edge: nearly complete, striate: long
Late Paleocene, Aquia Formation, Virginia

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17.5 mm H, 22 mm H

Paleohypotodus rutoti
cutting edge: complete, enameloid : wrincle at labial base
Paleocene, Woolwich bottom bed (Beltinge fish bed), Beltinge, Nr. Herne Bay, Kent, G.B.



18 mm H

Paleohypotodus volgensis
cutting edge: incomplete, enameloid: smooth
Danian,Paleocene, Rastrigin, Volgograd Region, Volga Area, Russia

Eocene

5 mm H

Odontaspis winkleri
cutting edge: incomplete, enameloid: smooth
Early Eocene, "Muddy Creek" , Nanjemoy Fm., Virginia

15 mm H, 10.5 mm H

Odontaspis dubia
cutting edge: complete, striate: weak at base
Bartonian, Shoryn Formation, Kujulus, W. Kazakhstan

A, 28 mm H


B, 9.5 mm H

Carcharias hopei
A; cutting edge: imcomplete, enameloid: smooth
B; cutting edge: complete, striate: weak at base
Early Eocene, "Muddy Creek" , Nanjemoy Formation, Virginia



8 mm H

Carcharias teretidens
cutting edge: nearly complete, striate: long
Early Eocene, "Muddy Creek" , Nanjemoy Formation, Virginia

A

B
A; 41 mm H, B; 31 mm H

Carcharias denticulatus
A; cutting edge: nearly complete, enameloid: smooth
B; cutting edge: complete, enameloid: smooth
Bartonian, Shoryn Formation, Kujulus, W. Kazakhstan


A

B
A; 17.5 mm H, B; 15.5 mm H

Carcharias vincenti
A & B; cutting edge: complete, enameloid: smooth
Ypresian, Khouribga, C1, Morocco


A

B
A; 27 mm H, B; 26 mm H

Carcharias africana
A; cutting edge: imcomplete, enameloid: smooth
B; cutting edge: neary complete, enameloid: smooth
Ypresian, Khouribga, C1, Morocco



16 mm H

Carcharias sp.
cutting edge: imcomplete, enameloid: smooth
Earnley Sands, Sussex England

12 mm H

Carcharias sp.
cutting edge: complete, striate: half of the lingual face length
Eocene, Earnley Fm., Bracklesh.am Beds , Blacklesham Bay Sussex, UK

31 mm H, 16 mm H, 23 mm H

Striatolamia macrota
cutting edge: nearly complete, complete & complete
striate: strong, week & strong
Early Eocene, "Muddy Creek" , Nanjemoy Formation, Virginia

58 mm H

Striatolamia rossica
cutting edge: nearly complete
striate: long
Upper Shorim, Bartonian, Bajurbas N. Mangyshlak, W. Kazakhstan

Miocene - Recent

Odontaspis ferox
cutting edge: incomplete, enameloid: smooth
Pliocene, Huarra Formation, Antofagasta, Chile

A
19 mm H

B
20 mm H

Carcharias taurus
A; cutting edge: nearly complete, striate: week and long
B; cutting edge: complete, striate: week and long
Late Miocene, Hawthorn G. Sarasota Co., FL

39 mm H

Carcharias acutissima
cutting edge: incomplete, striate: long
Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, Beaufort County, NC



28 mm H

Carcharias cuspidata
cutting edge: incomplete, enameloid: smooth
Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, Beaufort County, NC

Carcharias reticulata

Table 2. Characteristics

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