Odontaspididae

Sand sharks are mackerel sharks of the family Odontaspididae. They are found worldwide in temperate and tropical waters. The family contains two species in a single extant genus (Odontaspis), as well as several extinct genera. The genus Carcharias was formerly included in the family.

Odontaspididae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
sand tiger sharkPBDB
Sits inside
LamniformesPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Lamniformes
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Lamniformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Lamniformes

Time the record covers

At least 144 million years on record.

The record covers at least 145.06 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 149.2 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 1 of 997 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 50 of 997 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 263 of 997 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 123 of 997 occurrencesEocene — about 448 of 997 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 30 of 997 occurrencesMiocene — about 73 of 997 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 9 of 997 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 997 occurrences152–147 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences147–142 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences142–137 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences137–132 Mya — about 2 occurrences132–127 Mya — about 4 occurrences127–122 Mya — about 2 occurrences122–117 Mya — about 8 occurrences117–112 Mya — about 6 occurrences112–107 Mya — about 11 occurrences107–101 Mya — about 16 occurrences101–96 Mya — about 68 occurrences96–91 Mya — about 56 occurrences91–86 Mya — about 19 occurrences86–81 Mya — about 39 occurrences81–76 Mya — about 28 occurrences76–71 Mya — about 28 occurrences71–66 Mya — about 28 occurrences66–61 Mya — about 42 occurrences61–56 Mya — about 84 occurrences56–51 Mya — about 83 occurrences51–46 Mya — about 100 occurrences46–41 Mya — about 122 occurrences41–36 Mya — about 117 occurrences36–30 Mya — about 28 occurrences30–25 Mya — about 13 occurrences25–20 Mya — about 18 occurrences20–15 Mya — about 20 occurrences15–10 Mya — about 28 occurrences10–5.1 Mya — about 17 occurrences5.1–0 Mya — about 9 occurrences145.06 Mya129 ka152 Mya0 Mya

997 occurrences of Odontaspididae on record, most of them in the Eocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

997 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

260 formations

La Meseta — 64.22°S, 56.64°WLa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.67°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.68°WLandana — 5.22°S, 12.14°ELondon Clay — 51.40°N, 0.83°ELondon Clay — 51.51°N, 0.24°ELondon Clay — 51.27°N, 0.40°WLondon Clay — 51.37°N, 1.13°ELondon Clay — 51.83°N, 1.25°ELondon Clay — 51.53°N, 0.70°ELondon Clay — 50.78°N, 0.65°WLondon Clay — 50.88°N, 1.30°WLondon Clay — 50.80°N, 1.67°WLondon Clay — 51.07°N, 1.74°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.22°N, 103.60°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.00°N, 98.92°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.69°N, 103.94°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.46°N, 103.05°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.87°N, 98.51°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.94°N, 98.80°WGreenhorn Limestone — 39.04°N, 98.99°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.78°N, 98.96°WGreenhorn Limestone — 38.74°N, 99.04°WGreenhorn Limestone — 37.65°N, 103.93°WMesaverde — 44.08°N, 107.74°WMesaverde — 44.10°N, 107.75°WMesaverde — 44.17°N, 107.81°WGosport Sand — 31.54°N, 87.52°WGosport Sand — 31.53°N, 87.57°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 87.80°WGosport Sand — 31.50°N, 88.50°WGosport Sand — 31.76°N, 88.10°WGosport Sand — 31.59°N, 88.02°WOsinovaya — 48.38°N, 41.93°EOsinovaya — 48.40°N, 41.76°EOsinovaya — 48.46°N, 41.83°EOsinovaya — 48.38°N, 41.72°ETallahatta — 31.31°N, 88.73°WTallahatta — 31.79°N, 88.32°WTallahatta — 31.39°N, 88.69°WTallahatta — 31.37°N, 86.52°WTallahatta — 31.32°N, 85.72°WSelsey — 50.80°N, 1.21°WLisbon — 31.36°N, 86.52°WLisbon — 31.83°N, 88.31°WLisbon — 31.75°N, 88.10°WTuscahoma — 32.35°N, 88.68°WGreenhorn — 43.29°N, 103.80°WGreenhorn — 44.72°N, 103.67°WGreenhorn — 44.76°N, 103.75°WGreenhorn — 43.29°N, 103.42°WKoldenen-Temir — 49.17°N, 57.86°EKoldenen-Temir — 49.12°N, 57.77°EKoldenen-Temir — 49.53°N, 58.45°EKoldenen-Temir — 50.04°N, 56.71°EKortrijk Clay — 50.80°N, 3.22°EBrussel Sand — 50.87°N, 4.38°EBrussel Sand — 50.85°N, 4.43°EBrussel Sand — 50.66°N, 4.42°ELabguva — 55.09°N, 22.90°ELabguva — 54.88°N, 23.92°ESables de Bracheux — 49.58°N, 2.65°ESables de Bracheux — 49.53°N, 2.75°ETuffeau de St-Omer — 50.53°N, 3.15°ETuffeau de St-Omer — 50.44°N, 3.07°EElmore — 50.80°N, 1.20°WWaipara Greensand — 43.05°S, 172.62°EWaipara Greensand — 43.12°S, 172.48°EBurim — 49.71°N, 31.54°EJudith River — 46.10°N, 109.10°WJudith River — 48.03°N, 109.01°WJudith River — 47.79°N, 108.94°WJudith River — 48.01°N, 108.91°WJudith River — 47.74°N, 108.96°WCarlile Shale — 43.40°N, 103.36°WCarlile Shale — 39.78°N, 98.15°WCarlile Shale — 42.74°N, 97.03°WCarlile Shale — 38.72°N, 99.32°WCarlile Shale — 47.01°N, 107.87°WCarlile Shale — 43.25°N, 103.92°WCarlile Shale — 44.09°N, 104.68°WMelovatka — 50.88°N, 44.74°EMelovatka — 51.50°N, 44.60°EMelovatka — 51.56°N, 45.97°EMelovatka — 51.54°N, 45.97°E

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The named rock units Odontaspididae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 236 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 179 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Odontaspididae and its relatives

Eocene

Where Odontaspididae and its relatives were recorded in the Eocene.

Found in the same rock

3,867 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 657 sites for Odontaspididae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

323 references

Each of the 997 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 311 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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Picture of Odontaspididae

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No 3D scan of Odontaspididae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Müller and Henle 1839