Odontaspis
Sign in to savethumb|250x250px|Fossil tooth of Odontaspis acutissima from the lower Burdigalian of Hérault, France. Max Rouger Collection. Odontaspis (from 'tooth') and 'shield') is a genus of sand shark with two extant species.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderLamniformes
- FamilyOdontaspididae
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- Description
- Extant species
- Extinct species
- See also
- References
thumb|250x250px|Fossil tooth of Odontaspis acutissima from the lower Burdigalian of Hérault, France. Max Rouger Collection. Odontaspis (from 'tooth') and 'shield') is a genus of sand shark with two extant species.
==Description== thumb|left|The prominent cusps of one Odontaspis species (O. ferox). Bigeye sand tigers can reach a length of about and smalltooth sand tigers of about 4.1 m.