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Otodus chubutensis, [1] meaning "ear-shaped tooth of Chubut", from Ancient Greek ὠτ (ōt, meaning "ear") and ὀδούς (odoús, meaning "tooth") – thus, "ear-shaped tooth", is an extinct species of prehistoric megatoothed sharks in the genus Otodus, that lived during Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene, in ~28–5.3 milions years ago. [2]
Otodus is an extinct, cosmopolitan genus of mackerel shark which lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch. The name Otodus comes from Ancient Greek ὠτ- ( ōt- , meaning "ear") and ὀδούς ( odoús , meaning "tooth") – thus, "ear-shaped tooth".
Otodus chubutensis; H. Otodus hastalis; M. Megalodon; Otodus megalodon; S. Otodus sokolovi This page was last edited on 14 October 2024, at 13:12 (UTC). Text is ...
The genus Carcharocles may be invalid, and the shark may actually belong in the genus Otodus, making it Otodus megalodon. A 1974 study on Paleogene sharks by Henri Cappetta erected the subgenus Megaselachus, classifying the shark as Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon, along with O. (M.) chubutensis. [5]
Wanner concluded that the teeth were of a closely related new species and placed it under the taxon Otodus biauriculatus. [16] In 1935, French Paleontologist Camille Arambourg described a new subspecies of C. biauriculata from teeth found in Moroccan phosphates under the taxon Lamna biauriculata maroccana , [ 17 ] which was elevated into its ...
Otodus chubutensis; T. Trigonia This page was last edited on 22 January 2023, at 23:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Otodontidae is an extinct family of sharks belonging to the order Lamniformes.Its members have been described as megatoothed sharks. [1] [2] They lived from the Early Cretaceous to the Pliocene, and included genera such as Otodus, including the giant megalodon. [3]
Otodus chubutensis; P. Pholadomya; T. Thylamys This page was last edited on 22 January 2023, at 23:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...