| Odontaspis Temporal range: [1]
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| Smalltooth sand tiger (O. ferox) | |
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| Bigeye sand tiger (O. noronhai) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Odontaspididae |
| Genus: | Odontaspis Agassiz, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Carcharias ferox Risso, 1826
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Odontaspis (from Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth') and Greek: ἀσπίς aspís 'shield')[2] is a genus of sand shark with two extant species.
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