Family Odontaspididae Müller and Henle 1839 (sand tiger shark)
PaleoDB taxon number: 63010
Alternative spelling: Odontaspidae
Parent taxon: Lamniformes according to L. V. Compagno 2005
Sister taxa: Anacoracidae, Archaeolamnidae, Carchariidae, Carchariolamna, Cardabiodontidae, Cetorhinidae, Cretoxyrhinidae, Eoptolamnidae, Hispidaspis, Isurolamna, Lamnidae, Megachasmidae, Microcorax, Mitsukurinidae, Otodontidae, Palaeocarcharias, Pseudocarcharidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Subtaxa: Araloselachus, Brachycarcharias, Carcharias, Carcharoides, Cenocarcharias, Eostriatolamia, Glueckmanotodus, Hypotodus, Lamninae, Mennerotodus, Odontaspinae, Odontaspis, Orpodon, Palaeohypotodus, Pseudodontaspis, Sylvestrilamia, Tethylamna
Ecology: nektonic carnivore