- Classification
- CHONDRICHTHYES
- LAMNIFORMES
- ODONTASPIDIDAE
- Odontaspis
Genus Odontaspis
Species are ovoviviparous without a yolk-sac placenta - meaning that the embryos develop from eggs and the young hatch in the uterus before they are born.
Odontaspis Agassiz, J.L.R. 1838. Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles. Neuchâtel (Switz.) Vol. 3 pp. 73–140, atlas pls 1a, 8a–b, 15, 17, 19–20, 24, 25b, 30, 31–35, 39–40 [87]
Type species: Squalus ferox Risso, 1810
References
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Compagno, L.J.V. 2001. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). Rome : FAO, FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes No. 1 Vol. 2 269 pp.
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Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.
Stone, N.R. & Shimada, K. 2019. Skeletal Anatomy of the Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark, Odontaspis noronhai (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), and its implications for lamniform phylogeny, taxonomy, and conservation biology. Copeia 107(4): 632-652 https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-18-160
White, W. 2008. Shark Families Heterodontidae to Pristiophoridae. pp. 32-100 in Gomon. M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.