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Odontaspis

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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.

Species

オオワニザメ属

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassElasmobranchii
  4. OrderLamniformes
  5. FamilyOdontaspididae
Habitatmarine
Observations2,641
Observations recorded2,523

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,103
With media
28
Family
Odontaspididae
Collections
USNM, CM, SDNHM
Recorded in
United States, France

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
sand shark
Image
Odontaspis ferox 3.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Odontaspis
Commons category
Odontaspis
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Odontaspis
start time
136400000-
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Odontaspis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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