Odontaspis elegans
(Agassiz, 1838)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Odontaspididae
	Reference of the original description
	
	
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 11th livraison (November 1838). Petitpierre et Prince (text) and H. Nicolet (plates), Neuchâtel, vol. 3: [73]-140, pl. 1a, 8a, 8b, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25b, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40.
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 11th livraison (November 1838). Petitpierre et Prince (text) and H. Nicolet (plates), Neuchâtel, vol. 3: [73]-140, pl. 1a, 8a, 8b, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25b, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40.
	Types
Odontaspis elegans
	
	
	
Odontaspis elegans
Description:
Citation: Odontaspis elegans (Agassiz, 1838): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025
		Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=4239;
valid after Woodward (1889) p. 361 [2593]; Chapman (1917) p. 137 [443];
synonym of Striatolamia macrota after Ebersole et al. (2019) p. 32 [27789];
Links: Original description of Agassiz Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles (1833-1843)
		shark-references Species-ID=4239;
valid after Woodward (1889) p. 361 [2593]; Chapman (1917) p. 137 [443];
synonym of Striatolamia macrota after Ebersole et al. (2019) p. 32 [27789];
Links: Original description of Agassiz Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles (1833-1843)
		References
		
	
		
		
			
Critical overview on the odontological researches of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish from Romania. Brukenthal, Acta Musei, 13(3), 486–497
	
	
		
		
			
The record of fossil fishes of southern South America. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie, 30, 9–72
	
	
	
	
		
		
			
Comentarios sobre los peces fosiles de Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 40, 306–323
	
	
		
		
			
El Odontaspis elegans (Agassiz) en el Terciario Eoceno de Chile. Comunicaciones del Museo de Concepcion, 1(4), 77–78
	
	
		
		
			
Contribució al coneixement de la fauna ictiològica terciària catalana. Butlleti Institució catalana Història Natural, 34, 78–107
	
	
		
		
			
Some Fossil Teeth of Sharks from the Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Dental Research, 10(4), 439–442
DOI: 10.1177/00220345300100040201
	
	
		
		
			
Die Eocaenfaunen der bayrischen Alpen, I. Teil: die Faunen des Unter- und Mitteleocaen. II. Teil: Die Obereocaenfauna. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch–Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, 30, 79–153
	
	
		
		
			
Some Cainozoic fish remains, vvith a revision of the group. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 36, 107–162
	
	
		
		
			
Descriptions and revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary fish-remains of New-Zealand. New Zealand Department of Mines, Geological Survey Branch, Palaeontological Bulletin, 7, 1–45
	
	
		
		
			
New or Little-known Victorian Fossils in the National Museum. Part XX. Some Tertiary Fish-Teeth. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 29, 134–140
	
	
		
		
			
Sur les Vertébrés du Crétacé et de l'Eocène d'Egypte. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 4), 14, 366–382
	
	
	
		
		
			
Poissons tertiaires des possessions africaines du Portugal. Comunicações dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, 7, 74–79
	
	
		
		
			
I Pesci terziari della regione Emiliana. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 13(1), 36–43
	
	
		
		
			
Die Fischreste des Mittleren und Oberen Eocäns von Ägypten. I. Teil: Selachii, B. Squaloidei, und II. Teil: Teleostomi, A. Ganoidei. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns, 18, 163–185
	
	
	
		
		
			
Sur les poissons fossiles des phosphates d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 4), 3, 393–406
	
	
		
		
			
List of fish teeth from the Bagshot Sands (London Basin). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 18(2), 83–84
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(03)80044-5
	
	
		
		
			
Sur les poissons de l'Eocène inférieur des environs de Reims. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 4), 1, 477–504
	
	
	
		
		
			
On some fish-remains from the Parana Formation, Argentine Republic. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7), 6, 1–7
	
	
		
		
			
I vertebrati fossili della Provincia di Messina. Prima parte. Pesci. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 19, 443–518
	
	
		
		
			
Faune ichthyologique des Sables à Unios et Térédines des environs d'Epernay. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord, 29, 173–200
	
	
		
		
			
Notes on the teeth of sharks and skates from English Eocene formations. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 16(1), 1–14, pl. 1.
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(99)80036-4
	
	
		
		
			
Ricerche sui pesci fossili di Paranà (Republica Argentina). Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 31, 715–730
	
	
		
		
			
The Eocene deposits of the Middle Atlantic slope in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 141, 1–167
	
	
		
		
			
Contributions to the Eocene fauna of the middle Atlantic slope. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, 15(121), 3–6
	
	
		
		
			
Notes on some fish-remains from the lower Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of Belgium, collected by Monsieur A. Houzeau de Lahaie. Geological Magazine, decade 3, 8, 104–114
	
	
		
		
			
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
	
	
		
		
			
Note sur quelques poissons fossiles de Tunisie. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 3) 17, 560–562
	
	
	
Critical overview on the odontological researches of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish from Romania. Brukenthal, Acta Musei, 13(3), 486–497

The record of fossil fishes of southern South America. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie, 30, 9–72

Comentarios sobre los peces fosiles de Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 40, 306–323
El Odontaspis elegans (Agassiz) en el Terciario Eoceno de Chile. Comunicaciones del Museo de Concepcion, 1(4), 77–78
Contribució al coneixement de la fauna ictiològica terciària catalana. Butlleti Institució catalana Història Natural, 34, 78–107
Some Fossil Teeth of Sharks from the Cape Province of South Africa. Journal of Dental Research, 10(4), 439–442
DOI: 10.1177/00220345300100040201
Die Eocaenfaunen der bayrischen Alpen, I. Teil: die Faunen des Unter- und Mitteleocaen. II. Teil: Die Obereocaenfauna. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch–Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, 30, 79–153

Some Cainozoic fish remains, vvith a revision of the group. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 36, 107–162
Descriptions and revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary fish-remains of New-Zealand. New Zealand Department of Mines, Geological Survey Branch, Palaeontological Bulletin, 7, 1–45
New or Little-known Victorian Fossils in the National Museum. Part XX. Some Tertiary Fish-Teeth. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 29, 134–140
Sur les Vertébrés du Crétacé et de l'Eocène d'Egypte. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 4), 14, 366–382

Poissons tertiaires des possessions africaines du Portugal. Comunicações dos Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, 7, 74–79
I Pesci terziari della regione Emiliana. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 13(1), 36–43
Die Fischreste des Mittleren und Oberen Eocäns von Ägypten. I. Teil: Selachii, B. Squaloidei, und II. Teil: Teleostomi, A. Ganoidei. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns, 18, 163–185
Sur les poissons fossiles des phosphates d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 4), 3, 393–406

List of fish teeth from the Bagshot Sands (London Basin). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 18(2), 83–84
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(03)80044-5
Sur les poissons de l'Eocène inférieur des environs de Reims. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 4), 1, 477–504
On some fish-remains from the Parana Formation, Argentine Republic. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7), 6, 1–7

I vertebrati fossili della Provincia di Messina. Prima parte. Pesci. Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 19, 443–518
Faune ichthyologique des Sables à Unios et Térédines des environs d'Epernay. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord, 29, 173–200

Notes on the teeth of sharks and skates from English Eocene formations. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 16(1), 1–14, pl. 1.
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(99)80036-4

Ricerche sui pesci fossili di Paranà (Republica Argentina). Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 31, 715–730
The Eocene deposits of the Middle Atlantic slope in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, 141, 1–167
Contributions to the Eocene fauna of the middle Atlantic slope. Johns Hopkins University Circulars, 15(121), 3–6
Notes on some fish-remains from the lower Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous of Belgium, collected by Monsieur A. Houzeau de Lahaie. Geological Magazine, decade 3, 8, 104–114

Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Note sur quelques poissons fossiles de Tunisie. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, (Serie 3) 17, 560–562
				
				
    					
    					
    					
    					
                        
    					








