Biology:Orthacodontidae

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Short description: Extinct family of sharks

Orthacodontidae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Paleocene
Sphenodus nitidus head.jpg
The head of a Sphenodus nitidus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Family: Orthacodontidae
Glikman, 1957
Genera
  • Occitanodus Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014
  • Sphenodus Agassiz, 1843

Orthacodontidae is an extinct family of sharks. It is disputed as to whether it belongs to the modern shark order Hexanchiformes,[1] or the extinct order Synechodontiformes.[2] It contains two genera. Some other authors included it in Lamniformes.[3]

Species

  • Occitanodus Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014
    • Occitanodus sudrei Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014
  • Sphenodus Agassiz, 1843
    • Sphenodus alpinus Gümbel, 1861
    • Sphenodus longidens Agassiz, 1843
    • Sphenodus lundgreni Davis, 1890
    • Sphenodus macer Quenstedt, 1852
    • Sphenodus nitidus Wagner, 1862
    • Sphenodus planus Agassiz, 1843
    • Sphenodus rectidens Emmons, 1858
    • Sphenodus robustidens Seguenza, 1900
    • Sphenodus tithonius Gemmellaro, 1871
    • Sphenodus virgai Gemmellaro, 1871

References

  1. "Sphenodus longidens | Shark-References" (in en). https://shark-references.com/species/view/Sphenodus-longidens. 
  2. Villalobos-Segura, Eduardo; Stumpf, Sebastian; Türtscher, Julia; Jambura, Patrick L.; Begat, Arnaud; López-Romero, Faviel A.; Fischer, Jan; Kriwet, Jürgen (March 2023). "A Synoptic Review of the Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätten of Southern Germany: Taxonomy, Diversity, and Faunal Relationships" (in en). Diversity 15 (3): 386. doi:10.3390/d15030386. ISSN 1424-2818. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/386. 
  3. Rees, JAN (2010). "Neoselachian sharks from the Callovian-Oxfordian (Jurassic) of Ogrodzieniec, Zawiercie Region, southern Poland". Palaeontology 53 (4): 887–902. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00967.x. Bibcode2010Palgy..53..887R. 

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