Carcharocles
| Carcharocles | |
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| Model of the jaws of C. megalodon at the American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Otodontidae |
| Genus: | †Carcharocles Jordan 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Carcharocles auriculatus Jordan 1923 | |
| Species | |
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Carcharocles is an extinct genus of sharks, belonging to the order Lamniformes.[1] They lived from the Late Eocene to the Late Pliocene. The genus usually includes Megalodon, however some taxonomic authorities place it in other genera. Some authors consider the genus a subgenus of Otodus.[2]
Species
- C. auriculatus (type), Late Eocene to Late Oligocene, 35 to 25 Ma (Jordan 1923)
- C. angustidens, Early Oligocene to Early Miocene, 33 to 22 Ma (Agassiz 1843)
- C. chubutensis, Oligocene to Pliocene, 28 to 5 Ma (Agassiz 1843)
- Megalodon (C. megalodon), Early Miocene to Late Pliocene, 23 to 2.6 Ma (Agassiz 1843) (genus disputed)
References
- ↑ Joseph S. Nelson (2006). "Order Lamniformes". Fishes of the World (4th ed.). John Wiley and Sons. pp. 57–60. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ↑ Otodus (Carcharocles) at Fossilworks.org
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