Palaeocarcharodon
Extinct genus of sharks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palaeocarcharodon, also known as the pygmy white shark, is a genus of shark within the family Otodontidae[1] that lived about 61.7 to 55.8 Ma during the Paleocene. It currently contains a sole species P. orientalis.[2]
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Palaeocarcharodon | |
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Fossil teeth of Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (the largest three) from Khouribga (Morocco), alongside teeth of Otodus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | †Otodontidae |
Genus: | †Palaeocarcharodon Casieer, 1960 |
Species: | †P. orientalis |
Binomial name | |
†Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (Sinzow, 1899) | |
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