Fossil Shark teeth, Brachycarcharias nov. gen. Cappetta & Nolf erected this genus for a sand tiger tooth-design long bounced between numerous genera and even families. They included two valid species within the scope of this paper, B. lerichei and B. atlasi. Brachycarcharias lerichei (CASIER, 1946). The authors provided a good description and illustrations of the adult teeth. Despite assigning these teeth to Odontaspidae they proposed no dental formula for the anterior teeth; they did note however, that the teeth are closest to the Carcharias tooth-design. Teeth synonymized with or moved (all or in part) to B. lerichei include: Woodward (1899), Leriche (1905, 06, 08, 22) - Lamna vincenti Casier (1946) - Lamna lerichei Arambourg (1952) - Odontaspis vincenti Nolf (1970) - Odontaspis substriata mut. atlasi Nolf (1972) - Odontaspis atlasi Taverne & Nolf (1978) - Odontaspis atlasi Nolf (1986, 88, 90) - Lamna lerichei Cappetta (1987)2 - Lamna lerichei Kent (1994)2 - Cretolamna lerichei Baut & Genault (1995) - "Carcharias" vincenti elasmo.com (1998)2