Odontaspis grandis

(Case, 1978)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Odontaspididae

Reference of the original description
Case, G.R. (1978)
A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 160(1–6), 176–205

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Hypotodus grandis

Types
Odontaspis grandis

Hypotodus grandis
Holotype: USTL: MTA 12; Paratype: USTL: MTA 13; USTL: MTA 14;


Description:


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Description
Original diagnose after Case (1978) p. 189 [388]: Teeth of large size, larger than either Hypotodus aculeatus CAPPETTA & CASE [1975b: *.6— 17, Pi. 6, figs. 1—9), and H. winkleri (LERICHE) from the Thanetian-Ypresian of Morocco. Teeth similar to H aculeatus from the Campanian-Maastrichtian of the Monmouth Group, Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=4242;

References
Guinot, G. & Condamine, F.L. (2023)
Global impact and selectivity of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction among sharks, skates, and rays. Science, 379, 802–806
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2080
Bazzi, M. & Campione, N.E. & Kear, B.P. & Pimiento, C. & Ahlberg, P.E. (2021)
Feeding ecology has shaped the evolution of modern sharks. Current Biology, 31(23), 5138–5148
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.028
Condamine, F.L. & Romieu, J. & Guinot, G. (2019)
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
Case, G.R. (1987)
A new selachian fauna from the Late Campanian of Wyoming (Teapot Sandstone Member, Mesaverde Formation, Big Horn Basin). Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 197(1–3), 1–37
Case, G.R. (1978)
A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 160(1–6), 176–205