Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fossil selachians, typical of the family Odontaspididæ.
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- noun type and sole genus of Carchariidae: sand sharks
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The ichthyofauna includes nearly 85% of the reef fish species endemic to the west Indian Ocean region (399 species) including several commercially important endemics such as the slinger Charysoblephous puniceus. 991 species have been recorded. including summer aggregations of ragged-toothed shark Tiburon odontaspis and whale shark Rhynchodon typus.
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[ODONTASPIS tooth] This genus should have followed lamna; I now introduce it for the purpose of referring to odontaspis, (figs. 86 and 87,) which appear to belong to this genus rather than lamna.
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