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Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Lamniformes
Odontaspididae
Carcharias
Carcharias tenuiplicatus
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)
Carcharias tenuiplicatus
from the Maastrichtian Fox Hills Fm. of North Dakota. Image is derived from Hoganson et al. (2019; Bulletins of American Paleontology No. 398) and is used here with permission of the Paleontological Research Institution, which retains the copyright.
Stratigraphic position unknown