Orthacodontidae

Orthacodontidae is an extinct family of sharks in the order Synechodontiformes. It contains twelve species within three genera. Some authors included it into Hexanchiformes or Lamniformes.[1]

Orthacodontidae
Temporal range: Callovian–Selandian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Synechodontiformes
Family: Orthacodontidae
Glikman, 1957
Genera
  • Occitanodus Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014
  • Orthacodus Woodward, 1889
  • Sphenodus Agassiz, 1843

Species

  • Occitanodus Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014
    • Occitanodus sudrei Guinot, Cappetta & Adnet, 2014
  • Orthacodus Woodward, 1889
  • 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
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References

  1. 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.
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