Carcharius samhammeri (Cappetta and Case, 1975)

All Labial Views  Group of 33

Labial Views   Closer Shots

Lingual Views   Closer Shots 2

Remarks

• These teeth are in the collection of Keith Minor, from float.  Strat and Locale:  Monmouth Group, Mount Laurel Formation, Monmouth County, NJ.

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• Sand Tiger Shark
• 1975 Odontaspis samhammeri Cappetta and Case
• 1983 Odontaspis samhammeri Cappetta and Case; Lauginiger and Hartstein
• 1994 Carcharius samhammeri (Cappetta and Case); Kent

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Matawan Group, Merchantville Formation of New Jersey and Delaware
• Monmouth Group, Mount Laurel Formation of New Jersey
• Monmouth Group, Severn Formation of Maryland

Age

• Carcharius samhammeri (Cappetta and Case) occurs from the Menabites (Delawarella) sabinalensis (Young) zone to about the Coahuilites sheltoni Böse zone, upper Lower Campanian to middle Maastrichtian Stage (~82-70 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Maryland (county ?)
• Monmouth County, NJ

Remarks

        For identification and descriptions, see:

• Cappetta, H.  1987.  Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 3B:  Chondrichthyes II.  Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii.  New York:  Gustav Fischer Verlag.
• Cappetta, H.; Case, G. R.  1975.  Contribution a l'Étude des Sélachiens du Groupe Monmouth (Campanien-Maestrichtian) du New Jersey.  Palaeontographica (A) 151 (1-3), 1-46.