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Carcharias tenuiplicatus

Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Odontaspididae
Genus: Carcharias
Species: Carcharias tenuiplicatus Cappetta and Case, 1975b
Common Name: Sand Shark

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Geological Range

Cenomanian to Maastrichtian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Kansas to North Dakota

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Maastrichtian: Fox Hills Formation (ND)
Cenomanian: Belle Fourche Formation (SD); Greenhorn Limestone (CO); Greenhorn Limestone (Lincoln Mbr) (CO); Greenhorn Limestone (KS); Greenhorn Limestone (Lincoln Shale Member) (KS)